Emmanuel Jal Quotes
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TV presenting isn't the hardest job in the world, and I've done all right financially out of it.
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Indonesia's diversity is formidable: some thirteen and a half thousand islands, two hundred and fifty million people, around three hundred and sixty ethnic groups, and more than seven hundred languages.
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Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.
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All my friends are like, 'Can you be on my side in the zombie apocalypse?' and I'm like, 'I got this.'
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'Mean' is a song I wrote about somebody who wrote things that were so mean so many times that it would ruin my day. Then it would ruin the next day. And it would level me so many times, I just felt like I was being hit in the face every time this person would take to their computer.
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Love is the one wild card.
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I went to the studio of Fischli Weiss, and it was magical. I thought: 'This is what I want to do with my life; I want to work with artists and be useful to them.' I was magnetically attracted.
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I read nonfiction almost exclusively – both for research and also for pleasure. When I read fiction, it's almost always in the thriller genre, and it needs to rivet me in the opening few chapters.
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Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.
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The problem with binge-watching on Netflix is that you lose three days of your life.
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California's drought affects everyone in the state, from farmers to fishermen, business owners to suburban residents, and everyone has a role to play in using precious water resources as wisely and efficiently as possible.
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Every vote should carry a serial number, so that responsibility for harmful or careless use of the vote can be traced. Concealed voting should be outlawed.
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Let blockheads read what blockheads wrote.
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The fixed stars signify the angel in man. That is why man orients himself by them; and that is why women have no appreciation for the starry sky; because they have no sense of the angel in man.
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When it is a question of God's almighty Spirit, never say, 'I can't.'
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Cinema sustains life. It captures death in its progress.
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In my eyes, there's no one better than Stevie Wonder. He's a top dude.
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No winter lasts forever; no spring skips its turn.
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I couldn't relate to kid stuff. 'Jimmy doesn't like me!' Who cares? I was worried we didn't have gas money or food. Those were my concerns.
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Being a woman has only bothered me in climbing trees.
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Lord Fancourt: Look here, am I any relation to him?Jack: No; you're Charley's Aunt, from Brazil.Lord Fancourt: Brazil! Where's that?Jack: You know–er–where the nuts come from.
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I don't need any crutches in order to concentrate. As a child I learned that you must be ready because I'd be yelled at more than other people and it would always be my fault. I learned that to be professional is your number-one priority. The art comes second. You learn that, in order to give your best performance, you have to be a good technician, which means never allowing negative influences affect your performance.
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... a gaggle of old ladies is glued to the window at the end of the hall like children or jailbirds. They're spidery and frail, their hair as fine as mist. Most of them are a good decade younger than me, and this astounds me. Even as your body betrays you, your mind denies it.--There are five of them now, white headed old things huddled together and pointing crooked fingers at the glass.
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The wealthiest Sudanese don't know what war is. Their children are safe in school.
