John Gavin Quotes

There was no studio system to let me work my way up through small roles. When I got up on my hind legs, no one would believe it.

John Gavin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 8, 1931 - February 9, 2018

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I have this theory- that if we're told we're bad, then that's the only ideal we'll ever have.

Jewel

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Comedy has to do with holding and releasing tension; it's very technical. It's more technical than drama.

John Michael Higgins

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I wrote 'The Spy Who Came in from the Cold' at the age of 30 under intense, unshared personal stress and in extreme privacy. As an intelligence officer in the guise of a junior diplomat at the British Embassy in Bonn, I was a secret to my colleagues, and much of the time to myself.

John le Carre

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Accounting for the unpaid care economy can drive progressive policies such as paid family leave, social security credits for early childcare, tax credits, and quality early childhood education.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

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I think that the S.E.C. has been pretty feckless when it comes to reigning in reckless behavior on Wall Street.

Martin O'Malley

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Every time I get accustomed to low volatility, like we were towards the end of the Greenspan era, and we think we have all the levers under the control... something erupts to remind us that the idea that anybody is in control of everything is hubris.

Lloyd Blankfein

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I don't care what shape, form, ethnicity, nothing. I treat everybody the same.

DeMar DeRozan

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The U.S. intelligence community is in a very poor position to be trusted with protecting civil liberties while engaging in intelligence work.

Chelsea Manning

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If you were a pretty boy pop singer, it would wreck you, growing older.

Bob Geldof

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I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self.

Aristotle

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I've always felt quite singular, even as a child. That I must stay on track to keep my purpose.

Alice Walker

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I like to work. I'm glad; I'm privileged to have work.

William Hurt

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