Jake Barton Quotes
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I stayed in the astronaut program until 1993. People ask me why I left. I thought I had a lot of things to contribute that would be difficult to do if I stayed. I thought I could have a stronger voice as an advocate for space exploration. So I ended up starting my own technology consulting company.
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
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All true happiness, pure joy, sweet bounties, and untroubled pleasure lie in knowledge of God and love of God; they cannot exist without them.
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Americans will put up with anything provided it doesn't block traffic.
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I had several near death experiences or very, you know, close calls, if you may, in Iraq. You know, there was an incident where I was nearly kidnapped.
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Children should neither be seen or heard from - ever again.
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I have not seen 'Vaalu' yet, but I am sure it will be good.
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I try to stay focused.
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Critics haven't taught me my cricket, and they don't know what my body and mind are up to.
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The whole story of the comfort women, the system of forced sexual slavery, the medical experiments of Unit 731, is not something that is in the US psyche. That is changing because many books are coming out.
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No account of the Renaissance can be complete without some notice of the attempt made by certain Italian scholars of the fifteenth century to reconcile Christianity with the religion of ancient Greece.
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I've never been much of a computer guy at least in terms of playing with computers. Actually until I was about 11 I didn't use a computer for preparing for games at all. I was playing a bit online, was using the chess club mainly. Now, obviously, the computer is an important tool for me preparing for my games.
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I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.
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The directories businesses still make nothing but money. They're overleveraged, they're bankrupt entities, but they still are the largest. This is all going to move online over time. Why Citysearch and Service Magic are so important to us, is because nobody has really colonized it yet completely.
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Any time you got nothing to do - and lots of time to do it - come on up.
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I am definitely still the same kid that I was picking up the guitar at 15. But, I have definitely learned to be more flexible and roll with the punches. It's such an unpredictable business to be in and it's insane how things change so last minute.
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I don't remember my first two marriages... the details are very sketchy.
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My stories are not Christianized at all. I don't even have any Christians in my stories. What they are, are stories about ordinary people going through extraordinary circumstances in which I'm exploring truth. How light overcomes darkness in a way that's unmistakable to anyone who has any kind of faith.
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The present was an egg laid by the past that had the future inside its shell.
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I hate Valentine's day. It is a day for nothing but disappointment.
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A clever, ugly man every now and then is successful with the ladies, but a handsome fool is irresistible.
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It's not very hard to be clever. It's far harder to be simple, obvious, and meaningful.
