James P. Hoffa Quotes
I will never apologize for standing up for my fellow Teamsters and all American workers.
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The first job I ever had was at a pool-liner-manufacturing plant. Minimum wage was $4.25, and that's what I was making. It was this huge, hot, un-air-conditioned factory staffed with all women and me. This is in Georgia, during the summertime, so it was pretty ridiculous.
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The war we have to wage today has only one goal and that is to make the world safe for diversity.
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I turn into a crying, hysterical maniac when I see a spider. It's pathetic.
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I'm an actor, and I like having attention, I guess. There's a reason I like being on stage. There's a reason I like being in front of a camera. It's that interaction.
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What happened was I saw this ad for a yogurt plant for sale. It was in my junk mail pile, and I threw it into the garbage can. And then about half an hour later, with the dirt on it, I picked it up from the garbage can, and I called out of curiosity.
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People more than ever since I can remember are concerned about being out of step and out of line with their political party and won't cross over. There is nobody, man or woman, who wants to be left out, and people are fearful of that. People are fearful of their leadership as well.
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I like to think I'm quite brave. I stand up for myself.
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I spent half my life being hurt. The leftovers of hurt are an automatic gesture, like a dog that salivates.
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I have my own faith which I've developed. It's non-denominational. I don't even know if it's about God.
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When you appear on the screen, often enough you become sexy, even if you look like an elephant.
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What I'd like to pass on to my children is the thirst for knowledge. It's something I experience every day that I learned from my father. He always taught me that no matter how long you've done something, you can always learn something new and be better at what you do.
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We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot.
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Asked to choose between money and fame, I'd choose the latter every time.
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Lester is the Rock of Gibraltar. Nothing can rattle him. I am not. I was always flying off the handle about things. And the one person who could calm me down and make me realize that none of this silliness mattered was Lester Holt.
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All too often, the pitchmen are selling the notion that if you gain 'control' over your financial destiny - pick your own stocks and execute your own trades - it will be the first step on a short road to riches.
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Religion is the possibility of the removal of every ground of confidence except confidence in God alone.
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I started making music with my band in the '80s, so I am more product of post punk than classical music, and I have always carried on this way.
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I want to still be able to garden while I can bend over.
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The intelligence failures with respect to Iraq were massive and have damaged our credibility around the world.
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We cannot leave vulnerable young men open to the exploitation of extremists, both for our own security and their own wellbeing.
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Any reflection about poetry should begin, or end, with this question: who and how many read poetry books?
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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 grew up in Iowa, and the improv comedy club Comedy-Sportz across the river in Illinois held auditions. They took me even though I was only 16 - you really had to be 18, but they never checked me for ID.
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I will never apologize for standing up for my fellow Teamsters and all American workers.
