John Hughes Quotes

My heroes were Dylan, John Lennon and Picasso, because they each moved their particular medium forward, and when they got to the point where they were comfortable, they always moved on.

John Hughes

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: director
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 18, 1950 - August 6, 2009

Topics

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Fear, love, and hunger were the agents that developed the wits of the lower animals, as they were, of course, the prime factors in developing the intelligence of man.

John Burroughs

LoveFearIntelligenceManAnimals

Red-hot songs were born on the black streets of Baltimore, where I delivered five-gallon cans of kerosene and ten-pound bags of coal.

Jerry Leiber

BlackBornStreetsWhereCoalSongs

When the Taliban was ruling Afghanistan, women were not allowed to go to school, to work, or even leave the house without a male chaperone. The greatest moment was when that ended.

Sonita Alizadeh

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The joy I get from work is just huge.

Lucy Davis

WorkJoyGetJustHuge

I got treated very badly in Texas. They don't treat beatniks too good in Texas. Port Arthur people thought I was a beatnik, though they'd never seen one and neither had I.

Janis Joplin

GoodPeopleTreatTexasThoughtGot

I go out there and get my eyes gouged, my nose busted, my body slammed. I love the pain of the game.

Dennis Rodman

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For me, the best defender I played against was Carles Puyol. He was my teammate, too, but my rival many times. Also, Roberto Ayala, the Argentinian centerback.

David Villa

BestMeTeammateAgainstRivalHe

I knew the lysosomes and peroxisomes because I had discovered them; I knew the mitochondria because I was interested in them. I knew the membrane system because my friend, George Palade, had worked on that.

Christian de Duve

FriendSystemBecauseInterestedHad

I always say I broke my mom's heart when I left. I don't know if that's what any mom wants for her kid, just thinking about how hard it is trying to make it in this business.

Cole Swindell

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We've got to take care of the poor.

Bob Riley

CareTake CarePoorTakeGot

If you just kind of let yourself stay alone and be by yourself, the negative, it is just not going to help you.

Ali Krieger

AloneYourselfNegativeHelpYou

My tolerance for crazy people is, I think, high a tolerance as you're ever going to find. I love being around David Allen Coe. I would have loved to hang out with Tiny Tim. I can listen to Sun Ra on a tape-recording rant.

Penn Jillette

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