John Lennon Quotes
If people take any notice of what we say, we say we've been through the drug scene, man, and there's nothing like being straight.
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You don't always get to work as much as you like, because I'm waiting to find things that I care about. Sometimes that's frustrating.
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You've just got to sing, do some kind of singing every day. Early mornings and cold weather can mess with that. I drink special teas with cayenne pepper, but I think you're psyching yourself out, really.
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How lucky are we to have Naomi Watts and Sean Penn playing us? We've seen the final cut now a couple times, and the scenes with the marriage fraying at the edges are still very difficult to watch. However, our hope was that no matter your political persuasion, you're taken with the idea that it's important to hold power in check.
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All peoples have contributed to the overall progress and enhancement of human life.
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My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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I just always wanted to be left alone to go into a creative space.
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Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.
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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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Everyone has noticed how hard it is to turn our thoughts to God when everything is going well with us... While what we call 'our own life' remains agreeable, we will not surrender it to Him. What, then, can God do in our interests but make 'our own life' less agreeable to us, and take away the plausible sources of false happiness?
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In the past, human society provided encouragement and opportunity for people to extend support to each other, especially in highly stressful situations.
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If I don't train enough, of course I'm nervous.
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It's always an honour doing anything for your country.
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Mankind are governed more by their feelings than by reason.
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A lot of cats in New Orleans, very soulful, very soulful musicians and they assume that they're singers. And they just make that assumption. And so when there's a little intonation problem, people are very forgiving of them because they heard how soulful they play.
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My view is that while you do occasionally have differences you ought to have a process where you can sit down and talk about things. How else do you solve problems?
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I have reached the conclusion that those who have physical courage also have moral courage. Physical courage is a great test.
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Why are we, as a nation so obsessed with foreign things? Is it a legacy of our colonial years? We want foreign television sets. We want foreign shirts. We want foreign technology. Why this obsession with everything imported?
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I know some directors get very involved in trailers and posters. Some even cut their own. I stay completely away from it. I just see my job as making a film.
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Every day, we hear of civilians being killed and wounded in violation of the basic rules of international humanitarian law and with total impunity. Instability is spreading. Suffering is growing. No country can remain untouched.
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Politicians are wonderful people as long as they stay away from things they don't understand, such as working for a living.
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Let me put it this way. There is more to acting than just acting like somebody. I like to act in such a way that other people get some notion of what it's like to be somebody.
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I don't feel like I've ever kissed any of the people I have done for acting. That moment didn't exist for you; it existed for that person.
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If people take any notice of what we say, we say we've been through the drug scene, man, and there's nothing like being straight.
