Mary Harris Jones Quotes
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The thing about markets, and I think the thing people don't understand about that, is markets are not kind, but they're very efficient. So when the marketplace determines an inefficiency in the system, it corrects that, and a market system that's left alone will reward good behavior and punish bad behavior.
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In the long winter evenings he talked to Ma about the Western country. In the West the land was level, and there were no trees. The grass grew thick and high.
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I don't call myself a very good Christian, but I think I know one when I see one, and I also think I know when I don't.
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Love is only a dirty trick played on us to achieve continuation of the species.
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Gregory Lee Johnson was an idiot.
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I want to be part of the resurgence of things that are tangible, beautiful and soulful, rather than just give in to the digital age. But when I talk to people about this they just say, 'Yeah, I know what you mean,' and stare at their mobiles.
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The addict will screw you over and lie to you and do all kinds of things.
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I decided to start acting in my mid-twenties. I studied pre-med, and I have a bachelor's degree in Biology, so when I decided to pursue a different career, I got a lot of, 'What on earth are you doing?' But, I gave myself a year and thought, 'You know what, I'm going to just beat the odds.'
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To strive with difficulties, and to conquer them, is the highest human felicity.
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To many, Homer may appear lazy and a loser, but he's just much misguided. He's boorish, sure, but well meaning and, I guess, the one thing we have in common is the pursuit of lousy diets.
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The law doesn't create a right.
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I am not responsible for the actions of Saakashvili and even for those of Gamsakhurdia.
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The severe household has no fierce slaves, but it is the affectionate mother.
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I grew my dreadlocks 12 years ago because they give me the freedom to roll out of bed and not spend hours on my woolly, thick hair. I get tons of dropped jaws and compliments, so I reckon folks like them all right.
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Cancer victims who don't accept their fate, who don't learn to live with it, will only destroy what little time they have left.
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I'm looking forward to getting back to my house and my Ugg boots and not washing sometimes, and getting back to writing.
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The others are even more likely to obey their god.Which is? It dangles between their legs.
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In addition, the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act provides protection for those in the firearms industry from lawsuits arising out of the criminal or unlawful acts of people who misuse their products.
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Man loves knowledge, and the beams of truthMore welcome touch his understanding's eyeThan all the blandishments of sound his ear,Than all of taste his tongue.
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My default position is not to be an actor. My default position is to be a follower of Jesus Christ. If that means I continue in acting, great! I'd love that. But if it means I need to change professions someday because I can't provide for my family, well, that's what I need to do.
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One has to give a great deal of oneself to animals if one is to get the best out of them.
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I really believe that no matter how old people get, they tend to change in certain ways depending on how people treat them - they change their colors.
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I abide where there is a fight against wrong.
