John Requa Quotes

When I die, I want it to say 'Short and Funny' on my tombstone.

John Requa

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The skills of the British intelligence community are a great national asset.

John Scarlett

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We always did our own mixing.

Stephen Malkmus

AlwaysOwnOurDidMixing

I feel like the Internet needs to be disarmed in some way. There needs to be a philosophical undermining of the Internet. We take it too seriously and too literally. For a reference we go to Wikipedia, which is full of inaccuracies and misinformation. It's kind of beautiful - it's all the product of imagination; it's not reality at all.

Sufjan Stevens

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When I'm writing, I try to have the mask of my character on as I'm walking through the world.

Stewart O'Nan

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Nothing is so hard for those who abound in riches as to conceive how others can be in want.

Jonathan Swift

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Don't open a bar if you think all you need to be is social and greet the customers. You have to run a business.

Jon Taffer

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That women are mysterious and unknowable is something every young man grows up believing. Men, on the other hand, never think of themselves as mysterious or confusing, and we are often at a loss as to why women want to figure us out.

Chris Abani

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I'm a huge believer in the importance of vacations for leaders, entrepreneurs, and everyone else. I work extremely hard - usually 70+ hours a week.

Brad Feld

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Living in a rural setting exposes you to so many marvelous things - the natural world and the particular texture of small-town life, and the exhilarating experience of open space.

Susan Orlean

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A few drugs - such as beta-blockers, statins and glycogen control medications - have proved very effective at managing hypertension, heart disease, diabetes and strokes. Most insurance plans charge something for them. Why not make drugs like these free? Not for everyone, but just the groups for whom they are provably effective.

Sendhil Mullainathan

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You know not having my real dad around and having a step dad made me want to be a great dad. So now I have been one for 9 years. And now 3 daughters. So, that is what I am - a dad, first and foremost, before anything else. It's just something that comes natural now.

Tim McGraw

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I find the violence in PG13 movies unbearable. This kid will never run home, never have another birthday. His death is slow, nightmarish. And you have to explore the consequences - the people who live on with this death.

Marlon James

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