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John F. Lehman, Jr. Quotes

Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.

John F. Lehman, Jr.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: businessman
Nationality: american
Birth: August 14, 1942

Topics

Power Power Corrupts Kind Corrupts

I want the chance to play very different characters, and I've always wanted to do more films.

Joanne Froggatt

Chance Play Want More Always Wanted

I've made a career of taking roles that other actresses didn't want.

Jennifer Coolidge

Career Want Made Other Taking Roles

We had all these things to deal with - houses full of people and John going to jail, guys from New York saying 'don't worry about anything.' So it was really confusing.

New York People Saying Worry New

I always say that I went to the College of Blossoms and the University of Ray Charles.

College Say Always University Ray

I've played with all of the heavyweights in the modern jazz, progressive jazz movement. I've been fortunate enough to play with them, a who's who. All of those guys, I've been fortunate enough to have performed with.

Enough Play Jazz Movement Modern

As ever, I caveat with saying that I don't write about the factual content of my C.I.A. experience. Ever. People who are working hard to save lots of lives depend on me to keep my mouth shut.

Experience People Me Saying Mouth

I like making songs and playing '2K.'

Playing Like Songs Making

Follow your instincts. Do the kind of writing you love to do and do best. 'Stiff' was an oddball book - I mean, a funny book about cadavers? - and I worried that it would be too unconventional. In the end, that's what has made it a success, I think.

Funny Love Success Best Writing End

One of the pitfalls of a romantic comedy is that you know how it's going to end.

Romantic End Comedy You Know Going

It was at a vividly bad time in Norman Mailer's life that I met him, and a sort of water-treading time in mine. He had stabbed his wife, and I was a copy boy at Time magazine.

Life Time Wife Bad Copy Boy

Blame is just a lazy person's way of making sense of chaos.

Douglas Coupland

Chaos Blame Person Lazy Way Sense

Transparency doesn't mean much if the consumer doesn't understand what they're looking at.

Denise Morrison

Looking Transparency Understand Mean

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