Jacob Young Quotes
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Why do writers, say, give up a job in economics and decide to write poetry? Or, why do they give up a job in a bank and decide to paint, like Krishan Khanna? They want to convey something.
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I bite my nails. I've been chewing on them for years. As long as you don't chew through flesh it's all right.
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I think Twitter is the future of communications and Square will be the payment network.
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My weaknesses are my jumps. The reason is that although I land them in practice, when I actually compete or perform, I should let my body go and stabilize my mind better. Also, I need to work on not letting negative thoughts and emotions get to me on the ice.
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Women are put in a position of feeling embarrassed about their bodies. It's so ridiculous, but also astounding - we have to always be apologetic about having created the human race.
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A novel - it's also a way of attacking subjects that you cannot confront in the eye.
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If I go out there and am myself, and I do what makes me comfortable and what I think is true to my artistry, and they don't like it, then that's fine. I walk off stage, and I know there's nothing there's nothing I could have done differently.
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To be an ideal guest, stay at home.
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You want to read a book? That requires introspection. It requires time away from people and time away from the constant need to communicate and to connect.
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Only amazing designers think of the truly new.
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Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.
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I don't stop at my past; I like new work. I like what I'm doing tomorrow.
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One knows less about one's own destiny than about anything else on earth.
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My career is an open book, but my life is not.
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I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.
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I think I surprise some people because a lot of the time, I roll out of bed and go to school, and it's like I don't wear anything that interesting sometimes.
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I wondered had I really oversold the Hubble. I have to admit that, since, I have been convinced that I didn't.
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All jargon of the schools.
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It's not that I think the Nazis were right, or anything. It's just that, we weren't there, we don't know.
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I believe together, with the OAS, everybody condemned the coup d'etat, and everybody is demanding that President Zelaya should go back to the presidency, and they should call for general elections and realize an election. That's what we want. And I believe that President Obama made the right decisions condemning the coup d'etat.
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We should never hesitate to use military force, and I will not, as president, in order to keep the American people safe. But we have to use our military wisely. And we did not use our military wisely in Iraq.
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I can't keep secrets about myself. I can keep secrets about other people, but if it's about myself, I'm like, 'blah blah blah blah.'
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I hate to sound cliche, but I understand why people love to cook. It's fun!
