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John Burnside Quotes

I moved south when I was 11 years old, moved to England. I've lived in all kinds of places, all parts of England.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Places Old Years Lived Kinds Moved

Catty is not cool. I can't think of anything less becoming than a man who talks about people behind their backs.

Man People Cool Think Anything Who

I'm somewhat old-fashioned, and I still talk about playing a part. I don't talk about my work - 'I've seen some of your work' - there's not much work in it, is there?

Work Talk Playing Seen Old-Fashioned

If I'm in the car after a bad game, I may think about ways I need to improve. But the second I reach home, the game's over. Work doesn't come inside with me. Same thing in reverse - I don't bring my personal life into the ballpark. Learning to keep it all separate has made life easier.

Life Work Learning Home Car Me

Garner up pleasant thoughts in your mind, for pleasant thoughts make pleasant lives.

Mind Thoughts Up Pleasant Make Your

I was a Ric Flair and Dusty Rhodes guy. Ric Flair continues to be my favorite wrestler of all time. I loved Harley Race and Nick Bockwinkel and all of those guys, but I'm a big Flair guy.

Stone Cold Steve Austin

Time Loved Race Big Guy Harley

You don't go into anything contemplating failure, because if you did, you wouldn't make it.

Failure You Go Anything Because Did

I love to feed people, and I like to cook food they want to eat and food that will be good for them. I try to cook them things that are lower in fat and see if they will eat them.

Love Good Food People Fat Want

There was a man who was an associate of jimmy Hoffa, who testified against Hoffa in his trial down in Tennessee. We had information from him that he and Hoffa did, in fact, discuss the planning of an assassination conspiracy against Bobby Kennedy.

Man Planning Information Down Him

I've been to therapists my whole life.

Christina Ricci

Life Whole Been Therapists

I've found that when you roll up your sleeves and join people in their daily work, they tend to open up quite a bit and let you know what they really think about the issues facing our country and what kind of job they think the government is doing.

Work Daily Job Government People

There is something about a closet that makes a skeleton terribly restless.

Something Restless Closet Skeleton

'Out of the box' corporate thinking helped carry real American innovation out in a box. A pine box.

Innovation Thinking American Box Out

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