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John Burnside Quotes

'Moby-Dick' really threw me. I read it when I was 14 and my best friends were books. It changed the way I looked at the world.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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Best Me World Friends Way Changed

Music is my way of taking my mind away from the game. When I'm singing, you don't got anything to worry about. Don't gotta worry about scoring however many points or winning the game. No matter how good or how bad you are, it's fun.

Good Music Fun Mind Winning Singing

A somebody was once a nobody who wanted to and did.

Motivational Nobody Somebody Who Did

When I was born, my family was so poor that there was no money to buy food. So the church bought groceries for us - there wasn't any kind of privilege.

Family Food Money Church Born Kind

The endings to me are the key moment in 'Weekend' and '45 Years.' I know how I want my gut to feel at the ending. Even if I can't articulate in words what that feeling is, I'm trying to find ways to get there.

Moment Words Me Ending Key Weekend

If we drill the hell out of everything, including protected public lands and fragile regions like the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, America can emerge as an 'energy superpower.'

Energy Hell America Wildlife Out

In 1991, I didn't have $2,000 to go on vacation.

Knowing yourself, and learning to love yourself as you are, is the beginning of beauty. I think the most important thing is to show off what's most beautiful about you and to hide what's less beautiful.

Love Learning Beauty Beautiful Think

I never had an issue with gender.

Gender Never Issue Had

As a leader, you need to care deeply, deeply about your people while not worrying or really even caring about what they think about you. Managing by trying to be liked is the path to ruin.

Leader Path Caring People Think You

I think what we really want to do is to create a real soccer nation. We want to have kids really wanting to play the sport.

Christian Pulisic

Think Soccer Create Play Want Real

I know I'm just one man trying to do one thing, and the next day is not promised to any man. I'm very humble.

Humble Day Man Trying Know Next

Music's always been a big part of my life, but it kind of all happened in one big ball of storytelling rather than splitting acting and singing apart.

Life Music Singing My Life Acting

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