James Bovard Quotes
Politicians as a class are dangerous, that people who are seeking power over us are not, by definition, our friends.
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You know, I think I still have a sense that no matter what you do, no matter what you achieve, no matter how much success you have, no matter how much money you have, relationships are important.
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The true Christian is called to be a soldier and must behave as such from the day of his conversion to the day of his death. He is not meant to live a life of religious ease, indolence and security. He must never imagine for a moment that he can sleep and doze along the way to heaven, like one traveling in an easy carriage.
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I was brought up in an environment where my parents expressed their financial concerns in front of their children.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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Belgian chocolate is my weakness. I like over 72 percent cacao, which shows you how much of a dark chocolate snob I am.
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I think to have the skill set and the ability to physically help others in matters of life and death must be incredibly empowering.
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The first thing people say to me when they meet me is, 'You're so much skinner in person.' You have to live up to these standards that are so unrealistic. I try to tune it out.
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The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.
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Follow me around. I don't care. If anybody wants to put a tail on me, go ahead. They'd be very bored.
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I like things simple.
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The pace of innovation may slow down or speed up depending on the appetite in the public markets, but the constant progress of technology doesn't really ever stop. There's always opportunities for new ideas and creative people to go build great things. I'm always interested in learning about those kinds of opportunities.
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I like the idea of being so passionate about everything I do and the fact that I might wake up tomorrow and say 'I want to be a chef,' and just pour myself into that.
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I think that England made a very big, historical mistake to allow itself to become the kind of terrorist capital of the world.
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No change can come if those who are impacted the most by discrimination are not willing to stand up for themselves.
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The funniest line in English is 'Get it?' When you say that, everyone chortles.
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In the United States, oil demand is projected to grow by 340,000 barrels per day this year and gasoline demand is projected to grow nearly two percent, averaging 9.3 million barrels per day for the summer.
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As a little kid, I watched hip hop get created. So it's an honour for me to represent the Bronx, the motherland of hip hop.
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I started coming up to New York at age 17. There was a girl I met over the summer somewhere; I was chasing her. I would drive up to D.C., where I had made some friends, which was about four hours away, and we would take the bus up to New York.
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There's one advantage in having been around as long as I have. Everybody in the Senate knows me, and - I'm going to say something presumptuous, to repeat myself - I think most respect me.
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If we have been pleased with life, we should not be displeased with death, since it comes from the hand of the same master.
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Equity sends questions to Law. Law sends questions back to equity; Law finds it can't do this, equity finds it can't do that; neither can do anything, without this solicitor instructing and this counsel appearing for A, and that solicitor instructing & that counsel appearing for B.
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My comrades would call me a 'black capitalist.'
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Me not finishing school - in my head, I still have this insecurity when I'm talking to someone educated.
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Politicians as a class are dangerous, that people who are seeking power over us are not, by definition, our friends.
