John Mellencamp Quotes

A lot of the time, I write in the third person, but I'm mostly describing my own ordeals. When those unsettled struggles prey on your mind, you become haunted. To get free, you must defeat your ghosts.

John Mellencamp

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TimeMindFreeYouPersonDefeat

I like a well-roasted rotisserie chicken and eggs cooked various ways, like sunny-side up or scrambled. It's comfort food for me.

Joel Robuchon

FoodMeComfortChickenComfort Food

The miniskirt enables young ladies to run faster, and because of it, they may have to.

John Lindsay

YoungRunMayBecauseFasterLadies

Creative writing lessons can be very useful, just like music lessons can be useful. To say, as Hanif Kureishi did, that 99.9% of students are talentless is cruel and wrong. I believe that certain writers like to believe they arrived into the world with special, unteachable powers because it is good for the ego.

Matt Haig

GoodMusicCreativeWritingWorld

A knighthood would be a bit too much. An OBE or an MBE or whatever they are called, one of those would be more elegant.

Steven Berkoff

Too MuchMoreElegantWhateverWould

I love con-men characters in film.

Simon Baker

LoveFilmCharactersI Love

I don't ever approach anything from the issue first, so I can't tell you that I've thought about tackling universal health care. I'd have to have some great story I'd want to tell, and then universal health care would become part of the way to tell that story.

Shonda Rhimes

HealthGreatStoryThoughtCareYou

When you have a blueprint doesn't mean you can't add another room.

Tom Graves

YouMeanRoomBlueprintAddAnother

I'm a geophysicist and all my earth science books when I was a student, I had to give the wrong answer to get an A. We used to ridicule continental drift. It was something we laughed at. We learned of Marshall Kay's geosynclinal cycle, which is a bunch of crap.

Robert Ballard

ScienceWrongEarthStudentDrift

I don't have a specific plan except for as long as people want to listen to me talk, I'm going to keep talking. I can't imagine a life without doing standup.

Ron White

LifePeopleMeDoingTalkingPlan

Since 'Idol' I've gotten used to having an amazing hair and make-up team around me, so I'm starting to get picky. I know what I like now and I'm happy to say 'Could we maybe change that?' if I don't like something. I don't yell or anything, but I think I could definitely start to act a little diva-ish when it comes to my look.

Jordin Sparks

ChangeHappyAmazingMeTeamStart

I toured in Europe first, before I did any touring in the U.S. It was with Jimmy Nail and others.

Deana Carter

OthersFirstEuropeNailDidBefore

What I learned about acting is that you become the character, like I became 'Timothy Green.'

CJ Adams

CharacterGreenYouActingBecome

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