Jack Kirby Quotes

I had very high respect for the Pratt Institute, but I thought that I had done my best, and that was not their version of the best.

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• I always start the day by washing my face and moisturizing.

  

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• It was kind of easier for me to do records that didn't take a year or two years of my life to write and to make.

  

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• I know what feels good to eat and what doesn't. I try to err on the side of choices I know will leave me feeling more energized and ready to go, because it's always better to feel healthy.

  

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• Young people really want you to give them a road map, and they will follow it to a tee. If you tell them, 'These are the eight steps you have to take to be successful,' they will do all eight very earnestly.

  

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• I'm from Houston. I think I was thirty-seven before I ever set foot in Dallas, and that was just in the airport. So I've never really been there. Dad grew up in Port Arthur, Texas and all I can ever get out of him is, 'I wanted my first son to be named Dallas.'

  

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• Happiness exists only if you have a lot of people to share it with.

  

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• Russia can be quite a dangerous place sometimes, but I never think about it.

  

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• It's funny how you can be thought of as somebody who humanizes bad guys, and I'll take that, but it is something that gave me pause, and I started speaking to my team about finding a good guy.

  

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• I had very high respect for the Pratt Institute, but I thought that I had done my best, and that was not their version of the best.

  

  Jack Kirby
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