David Barron Quotes
Whether you know Jack Ryan or you don't know Jack Ryan, he's a compelling person to spend time with.
Quotes to Explore
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Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.
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Everybody has to agree that the best thing we can do to start reducing the deficit in this country is to put people back to work.
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We are not interested in cloning the Michael Jordans and the Michael Jacksons of this world. The rich and the famous don't participate in this.
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
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My father had very little formal education.
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We must take positions. Our weakness in the West is born of the fact of so-called 'objectivity.' Objectivity does not exist - it cannot exist!... The word is a hypocrisy which is sustained by the lie that the truth stays in the middle. No, sir: Sometimes truth stays on one side only.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.
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No one wants to work with a difficult star. I want to be the nice guy.
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The key to fashion is, you don't want to look like you're trying. You've gotta be natural.
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I don't want to dig in the truth all of the time. Let me dream.
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The Toast's audience is about 30-35 percent male, which shocked me because I would say that we actively try to discourage men from reading our site. Apparently, there's not insignificant number of dudes out there who think that what we are doing is okay.
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That is not enough. Sport has been great for me, a great learning place that if you want to achieve you can, even if you are from the poorest part of Africa.
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Prayer is an act of love; words are not needed. Even if sickness distracts from thoughts, all that is needed is the will to love.
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A mind all logic is like a knife all blade. It makes the hand bleed that uses it.
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One must do the same subject over again ten times, a hundred times. In art nothing must resemble an accident, not even movement.
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For me to be as effective as possible, I intend to sharpen those skills I need to successfully lead an organization that is growing in size and complexity with each passing year.
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I had never been out covering a story, but boy, was that fun.
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The Indian story has never been written. Maybe I am the man to do it.
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If money was my only motivation, I would organize myself differently.
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One-year-olds learn concealment. Five-year-olds lie outright: they manipulate via flattery. Nine-year-olds - masters of the cover-up. By the time you enter college, you're going to lie to your mom in one out of every five interactions.
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Audiences of critical thinkers are my favorite kinds of audiences. There are jokes I tell in the show that don't get laughs unless I am in front of an audience of critical thinkers. Put me in front of a crowd of science teachers or astronauts! The guileless aren't our audience - it's the critical thinkers we love.
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Whether you know Jack Ryan or you don't know Jack Ryan, he's a compelling person to spend time with.
