James Mattis Quotes
There is no room for military people, including our veterans, to see themselves as victims, even if so many of our countrymen are prone to relish that role.
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It's so necessary to try and record the cultural memory of people. To set it down for generations to come. To better understand where we are headed. The problem is, a good portion of what we choose to remember is about willed forgetting. Which we all do, I believe, to protect ourselves from what is too difficult.
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I'm a Ninja. I'm not scared of death.
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We don't know all the answers. If we knew all the answers we'd be bored, wouldn't we? We keep looking, searching, trying to get more knowledge.
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Whenever you feel down, you can check on Twitter and feel better about yourself, because it's only people who like you.
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I ain't scared to do another dating show, but I ain't really trying to. I want to do a talk show or something. I've done enough dating on television. I'm ready to spread my wings, and go down other avenues.
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I'd been touring for so long, seven years. For a year and a half I'd just been curious about what it was like not to tour. It's like if you were to lift a 100-pound barbell with your right arm for seven years, eventually you'd get really curious about what your left arm was capable of.
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It's good to go out and entertain these people, and you've got them on the edge of their seat, they're standing up. Then you know that you've done your job, you've entertained them. My way of entertaining them is going out and wrestling. Everyone's got their different ways.
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I suppose I am one of those lucky people who eats what they like and doesn't gain too much weight.
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I'm from New York. My grandparents were settlers of Long Island City. When they came here, there was no bridge, and they had to hire a boat across the river. They had a farm, and my grandmother had to go once a week to Manhattan to buy provisions - very primitive.
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I was signed at 19 years old to a major label, and dropped by the time I was 22.
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I'd say Juventus has a story as legendary as the Yankees.
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After so many years of rejection, I felt acting would have to become a hobby rather than a full-time profession.
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There's so much to learn about acting and performance in general... I mean, acting is a very complex art, and there are a lot more theories and methods and techniques to it than I think anybody would think.
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My room is like an antique shop, full of junk, and weird stuff. There's a big sword in there. And a taxidermy bird, and a couple of birdcages. And a lot of newspaper cuttings. I used to have a weird thing about cutting out morbid headlines from newspapers, and collecting them. I was fascinated with drowning, which is kind of strange.
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So many people love sci-fi, and they're so loyal.
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I don't fixate on other people's opinions of my body.
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I love to run, and I actually run quite a bit.
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I just wasn't cut out to be a Chinese Tiger Mom. I'm more of an Irish Setter Dad.
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I'm always attracted to anti-hero roles.
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Love is so short, forgetting is so long.
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I'm a believer in bipartisanship.
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Men all across China are going to have trouble finding wives in just a few years.
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If people are informed they will do the right thing. It's when they are not informed that they become hostages to prejudice.
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There is no room for military people, including our veterans, to see themselves as victims, even if so many of our countrymen are prone to relish that role.
