Jane Elliott Quotes
This country isn't a melting pot. Think of this country as a stir fry. That's what this country should be. A place where people are appreciated for who they are.
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I believe that dogma is often evil.
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The war changed everybody's attitude. We became international almost overnight.
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A couple of times, I felt like I was cracking and I couldn't go on, and God would put another person in my place to help me.
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I have to protect myself because people think that because you come into 25 million homes every week, they know you. I walk the line between being gracious and being rude.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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Of all work-schools, a good farm is probably the best for motor development.
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I think that its easy to think of the environment as all doom and gloom and that, 'What can we do, it's too late. And the polar bears are gone, and everything is gone.' But really, just the little steps that we can make as individuals make a big difference.
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As long as I have my health, I want to be reporting somewhere.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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It took me just three months to pick up Hindi. I guess I'm a fast learner when it comes to languages.
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Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.
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I haven't done as many films as I would have liked.
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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I think whenever you see what may be the seeds of a third party, you need to be very skeptical because there's not a very good track record for third parties.
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This is my trademark: I rip my T-shirt. I'm into the whole showing-a-bit-of-chest-hair thing.
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The logical thing is to implement the Arab Defense Agreement.
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A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.
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When I did 'Hot Fuzz,' I tried to get Barbara Steele in the movie, but I was told she had retired.
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Even on TV appearances or big shows, I don't know if I've ever been as nervous as I was my first time doing stand-up. I just remember getting offstage and sitting down, and my right knee was just shaking from the adrenaline.
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If somebody's not prepared to answer the question, you can keep asking.
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If the liberties of the American people are ever destroyed, they will fall by the hands of the clergy.
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The people are the foundation of the nation. Our only chance for a lasting peace on earth: the release of the strength of the common man.
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This country isn't a melting pot. Think of this country as a stir fry. That's what this country should be. A place where people are appreciated for who they are.
