John Major Quotes

I mean if you have ever found a politician who says, 'No, no, I would do everything exactly as I did,' then you can tell when he is lying because his lips are moving.

John Major

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MovingLipsYouLyingMeanTell

My parents didn't hide reality. I watched cartoons and the news with equal fascination.

Jello Biafra

ParentsRealityHideNewsEqual

MTV refers to its audience as 'the demo.' Being 'in the demo' means being in the demographic sweet spot that advertisers want their programming to hit, which is ideally between 18 and 24.

John Seabrook

SweetWantProgrammingAudienceHit

I don't think writers really choose their subjects. I think the subjects, the topics, the themes, choose us, and then we make the most of what we have. For Trollope, society; for Roth, Jews. For me, apparently, love. Why hide it?

Amy Bloom

LoveMeSocietyThinkChooseHide

There's something really charming about a character that is fundamentally flawed and does some pretty despicable things, but yet you still kind of love him.

Tom Ellis

LoveCharacterYouKindHimPretty

I can definitely say the older I've got the better I've become at being a dad and a husband.

Rod Stewart

HusbandBetterI CanSayBecomeGot

Rivalries don't necessarily mean races being close at major championships. I had a rivalry with Butch Reynolds for many years. I won all the races, but Butch was the world record holder before I came into the sport, he was extremely talented and he was the only other man running 43 seconds.

Michael Johnson

ManWorldMeanYearsRivalryBeing

In Buddhism, they say attachment to anything only leads to suffering. So when we laugh, it's our way of saying, 'I'm unattached to that.' You're tickled by it, it makes your lobes do something on their own. So humor is very important to me. I always take that to the stage first.

Jason Mraz

HumorSufferingMeSayingLaughYou

Kindness is not about instant gratification. More often, it's akin to a low-risk investment that appreciates steadily over time.

Josh Radnor

KindnessTimeInvestmentMoreOver

I'm not scared of anyone. They have two arms and two legs, and I will do my best and win.

Jose Aldo

BestWinWillLegsTwoScared

Corporate documents, like football game plans, are not easily drafted in a stadium, with thousands of very interested fans participating, each with their own red pencil, trying to reach a consensus on every word.

Jon Postel

FootballRedGameReachTryingOwn

I love my iPad Pro and my Apple pencil. They have changed the way I work in really cool ways.

Debbie Millman

WorkLoveCoolAppleWayPencil

I had no thought of being a writer. I never wanted to do anything. I'm tremendously lazy.

Deborah Eisenberg

ThoughtLazyNeverAnythingBeing

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