John Mayer Quotes
It wasn’t as direct as me saying 'I now make the choice to bring the paparazzi into my life.' I really said, 'I now make the choice to sleep with Jessica Simpson.' That was stronger than my desire to stay out of the paparazzi’s eye.
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I'm not into things that feel like a sequel. There's just something magical about when something happens for the first time.
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Privacy is not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution as freedom of speech is in the First Amendment.
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Although the evidence at this trial shows that Charles Manson was the leader of the conspiracy to commit these murders, there is no evidence that he actually personally killed any of the seven victims in this case.
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Kids have a great sense of humour. If you don't, you're going to miss out.
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By keeping the annuities, we could build up a national industry every years as big as the Shannon Scheme.
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I started off thinking that I just needed one shot to prove myself, but then I realised that I was only going to learn about acting by doing it.
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If you're beautiful, you're led to believe that you can't also be smart.
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Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsist in every climate.
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Leadership is intangible, and therefore no weapon ever designed can replace it.
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Whatever you're selling, storage or networking or security, you're going head to head with the incumbent players.
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It costs a great deal of money to do a musical, and the more money involved, the more big business influences the artform.
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Lebanon, Israel, Ireland, South Africa - wherever there is a bleeding sore on the body of the world, the same hard-eyed narrow-minded fanatics are busy, indifferent to life, in love with death.
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What happens in the music business is that if you step out of your little spot to do something else, the sand falls right into where you stood and you're gone, you're history.
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I went to small liberal schools my whole life, and I was also a bad girl in high school; I went to, like, five schools.
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I put down the camera long ago, you know? I was here in London, aged 19, and I was obsessed with my camera, shooting everything I could. Then someone stole it. It helped me to see things for the first time.
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One who is persistent will excel.
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I always tell friends you can't judge your success by someone else's. You can't be afraid to fail.
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Travelling was a big part of my childhood and one that I value very much. In some respects, I can't help but be a bit of a gypsy as an adult. I get fidgety if I'm in one place for longer than three months.
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I love to be in front of big galleries.
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Stand-up is more of an organic process. An imagined dialogue with the audience.
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Being a celebrity, I don't even have to talk.
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My brother was an improviser. He's now a lobbyist, but he used to perform improv in the city when he was in high school, and one of the funniest guys I know to this day.
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My dad's family is part British and Austrian, and my mother's family is from Goa, which is in the south of India. I looked different from everyone else, which now is such a blessing. It was harder at the beginning of my career.
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It wasn’t as direct as me saying 'I now make the choice to bring the paparazzi into my life.' I really said, 'I now make the choice to sleep with Jessica Simpson.' That was stronger than my desire to stay out of the paparazzi’s eye.
