John Niven Quotes

I do find the sight of small children eating very moving. Watch the way their tiny fingers clamp the cutlery. The exaggeratedly precise way they move cups or glasses to their lips.

John Niven

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Blake said that the body was the soul's prison unless the five senses are fully developed and open. He considered the senses the 'windows of the soul.' When sex involves all the senses intensely, it can be like a mystical experence.

Jim Morrison

SoulPrisonBodySexWindowsSaid

I love that there's always something happening at festivals. It takes some of the pressure away, too, because you're one person on the bill.

Sigrid

LovePressureFestivalsYouPerson

My older brother was born, who was a cripple, then I was born, and my sister was born, the only girl. So I was between the only girl and the crippled guy. I was the middle guy.

Tracy Morgan

GirlBrotherSisterBornGuyMiddle

They say Einstein died while he was still trying to figure out gravity. I think I'm going to die still trying to figure out some of the things about Blink.

Tom DeLonge

ThinkDieTryingSayGravityOut

I can't do anything too serious like Saddam Hussein, but I would like to do Bill Clinton. That'd be fun.

Ruby Wax

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True valor lies between cowardice and rashness.

Miguel de Cervantes

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My relationship with my mother is not cute.

Mika

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People have this notion of me being this sweet, nice girl, but I'm kind of a pervert.

Michelle Branch

GirlPeopleMeSweetNiceKind

People have the right to say what they want, but as long as I can go to bed at night and look myself in the mirror, I'll be all right.

Johnny Damon

MirrorMyselfPeopleNightLookGo

I've been offered all the reality TV shows but have turned them down. If I did it as 'Johnny,' there'd be no jungle left! It was really hard regaining control of myself, so I am reluctant to let 'Johnny' back out of the box.

Johnny Vegas

MyselfI AmControlRealityDown

Anyone can look through my sketchbooks as long as they don't have a background in psychiatric medicine.

Chris Riddell

MedicineLongLookThroughAnyone

I love actors, and I love the casting process. It's funny, like, some writers don't like actors because, I think, they are the faces of the show, and so you feel sort of secondary, but I love actors because they elevate the material; they make it better.

Bryan Fuller

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