John W. Dawson Quotes

Canada has two emblems - the beaver and the maple.

John W. Dawson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 21, 1820 - September 10, 1877

Topics

CanadaTwoMapleBeaver

When Yelp first took off, our rankings on Google would fluctuate wildly.

Jeremy Stoppelman

GoogleFirstOffWouldOurTook

You hear people say, 'Well, I was going to say this, but I knew I couldn't get through it without crying.' Well, like, think of all the great things we didn't hear because of that.

Jennifer Palmieri

GreatPeopleThinkYouGreat Things

I love reading. I'm fortunate enough to have signed books by Faulkner, Steinbeck, Thomas Pynchon.

John Larroquette

LoveReadingEnoughFortunateBooks

As a struggling actor, you're not looking for parts that define you; you're just looking for work.

Matt Damon

WorkLookingYouActorDefineJust

I think the first take is best, as you are spontaneous, and after that, it becomes a mechanical thing. I don't believe in second take at all.

Sridevi

BestBelieveThinkYouFirstTake

If I decide to be indecisive, that's my decision.

Roger McGough

DecisionDecideIndecisive

Random people, celebrities of note come to your shows over the years, and I've had some really strange ones. Like the guy from Kiss. Gene Simmons has literally been in the audience at my shows, like, four times. I don't know if he knows me; he's just a big fan of comedy.

Mike Birbiglia

KissPeopleMeRandomComedyKnow

Am I the only person covering politics who ever noticed that Newt Gingrich is actually a nincompoop?

Molly Ivins

PoliticsPersonOnlyWhoAmNoticed

Very few of the men whose names have become great in the early pioneering of jazz and of swing were trained in music at all. They were born musicians: they felt their music and played by ear and memory. That was the way it was with the great Dixieland Five.

Louis Armstrong

MusicGreatMenMemoryMusicians

Play the pentatonic blues scale, just for fret- and pick-hand dexterity and to mesh them both together.

Dimebag Darrell

TogetherBluesPlayJustScaleBoth

I always loved singing. No matter where I was, I would just make up my own stuff.

Diana DeGarmo

SingingLovedMatterMy OwnAlways

I'm more concerned with getting them to find and strengthen their original voice as writers rather than imposing my own subjective tastes, judgements or sensibility on the project.

Douglas Wood

VoiceFindMy OwnMoreProjectOwn

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