John Burnside Quotes

All my life, I have been a celebrant of Halloween. For me, it is the most important day of the year, the turning point in the old pagan calendar.

John Burnside

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: scottish
  • Birth: March 19, 1955

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I think I've always been a player who's done better in the second half, who's done better in the fourth quarter. That's the fun time to play, when everything you've worked for the whole game boils down to those last few possessions.

Jeremy Lin

TimeFunGameThinkBetterYou

I just got fed up with the Protestantism that I'd been brought up with being rubbed out, disregarded. There's an awful lot of frailty and doubt about it, which I understand and share, but there are certain things you just have to acknowledge.

Melvyn Bragg

DoubtYouUnderstandOutUpShare

I'm light and airy.

Jeff Bridges

Light

I'm not a signing or dancing man.

Stellan Skarsgard

ManDancingSigning

I have a tough stomach, and I've put myself through a lot. But when I first found out what happens to animals on modern factory farms and in today's slaughterhouses, I wanted to throw up - I literally couldn't believe it.

Steve-O

TodayMyselfToughBelieveAnimals

The mainstream media today has the biggest disconnect with its audience that it's ever, ever had. And as the disconnect grows and as more and more people distrust them, then the media digs in more and more and says you don't know what you're talking about, you don't know how we do our jobs, you don't know what's important.

Rush Limbaugh

TodayPeopleMediaTalkingYouKnow

It's nice when you are with a guy who can find the humor in touch situations and be comfortable enough in his own skin that he can laugh at himself.

Mikaela Hoover

HumorLaughEnoughYouFindSkin

I took a film course in grade ten that made me want to direct, and I've always been making short films and home videos with my friends, so it's definitely something I wanna pursue as well.

Devon Bostick

HomeMeShortFriendsWantAlways

When you sit on something for so long you can't see beyond it. It's all you can see, so you become locked in it.

Anthony Hemingway

LongYouBeyondBecomeSeeSit

There are values of humanity, culture, beauty, community that may require deviations from the cold logic of market theory.

Anthony Lewis

BeautyCommunityCultureColdLogic

I've done a lot of dramas, and I've done a lot of serious stuff - some really heavy stuff... which I loved, but I wanted to do something light and airy. I think the challenge for an actor is always to see which parts of you you can explore and go have fun with.

Ally Walker

LightChallengeFunHave FunThink

To be a good leader, you have to be a good communicator. As a leader, you have to communicate your intent every chance you get, and if you fail to do that, you will pay the consequences.

William H. McRaven

GoodLeaderChanceYouConsequences

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