John Roger Stephens (John Legend) Quotes
Dr. King was unpopular while he was alive - he's only popular now because he's dead and not a threat to anyone.

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I made a name for myself as someone who is determined to swim against the stream if it's dirty.
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In my early 20s, I studied history and politics, and I really thought that perhaps I would devote my life to that.
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I think in this, definitely, because you are feeling how it felt to live in a completely different time. The mannerisms and the way that people behaved was quite different.
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Even a happy life cannot be without a measure of darkness, and the word happy would lose its meaning if it were not balanced by sadness. It is far better take things as they come along with patience and equanimity.
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I just love playing so much, competing so much. You're able to put your losses behind you. One of the greatest attributes a decathlete can have is the ability to forget... to look ahead, not behind.
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When we were growing up, women in their late 40s generally didn't dye their hair.
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The most romantic thing someone did was surprise me at the airport, after being away for 3 months in Los Angeles. You always see people with signs, and you're like, 'Isn't that lovely?' and then you see your own name on one - that isn't a taxi driver's! I was very impressed.
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Apparently, Daniel Craig said I'd be a great Bond. Daniel, why did you say that? Dropped me right in it! What an honor it would be, but also, what an indication of change.
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I'll sit around and play my guitar; that's how I write tunes.
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It has always been a wonder to me where my conversational power has gone: at the present time, I cannot impress the most ordinary men.
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It's like the brooding hen sitting over a china egg.
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I had the feeling that focusing on objects and telling a story through them would make my protagonists different from those in Western novels - more real, more quintessentially of Istanbul.
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My father used to tell me about how musicians don't have respect from people and he was afraid about my future.
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My dad is truly the person who always made me believe in myself, to appreciate that I was smart.
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I've been lucky to work consistently on women who I think are interesting, fleshed out, and strong and active participants in their destiny.
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The director's job should give you a sense of music without drawing attention to itself.
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Well, it is curious what lasts and what doesn't. Publishing empires and whatnot would pay anything to figure it out. But they can't figure it out.
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It's an endless proving of myself, that I really am a musician, that I have something to offer in the room. That women can be musicians, women can be rock stars, women can be more than an objectified idea of a pop star.
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The only useful function of a statistician is to make predictions, and thus to provide a basis for action.
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I will not go Prefer a feast of Friends To the Giant family
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Descend, descend, Urania, speak To men in their own tongue! Leave not the breaking heart to break Because thine own is strong. This is the law, in dream and deed, That heaven must walk on earth! O, shine upon the humble creed That holds the heavenly birth.
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Boys are beyond the range of anybody's sure understanding, at least when they are between the ages of 18 months and 90 years.
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Dr. King was unpopular while he was alive - he's only popular now because he's dead and not a threat to anyone.