Jason Kander Quotes
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I really enjoy dancing. When there's music around, I can't help it; I start dancing, especially when I'm with friends.
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Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
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It is up to you to decide who to believe: the same people as usual or those who endanger their lives to save the country.
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I do the very best I know how - the very best I can; and I mean to keep on doing so until the end.
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To do more of a concert thing, it takes so much preparation. You don't just show up and wing it. You're putting countless hours in the studio, not just to write and produce stuff, but to come up with edits and special things for the show.
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The University of Southern California has a wonderful social work department, and I was thrilled to find out that they have a whole veterans' initiative program there. They approached me, and I set up a scholarship that would go to a military-oriented person to learn techniques and skills to better help veterans.
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There have been periods of my life when I was heavier, like right after high school I definitely gained that freshman 15. It was tough to lose. Ever since then, I know that I can gain weight, so I try to be careful.
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We got to think of other ways to help these kids out because there's a lot of kids who get hurt in college and then don't make it to the NFL and don't have insurance, and their entire lives are changed when they put their bodies on the line for their school.
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Music was in the air when I was growing up. My siblings Katy, Dave and Phil were musical; my dad worked in inner-city New York where a musical revolution was taking place - folk music, rock n' roll, gospel music. My sister taught me to sing. My brothers taught me to play.
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Location is the sole difference between mobile and traditional Web.
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I eat next to nothing.
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In spite of the huge diversity in Malaysia in terms of religion, culture, race, ethnicity and so forth, we've really gone very far in developing this country.
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I want to be a positive influence. I want to be someone who they want to call in and want here consistently, regardless of my role.
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I think dreams can come true, but not necessarily like fairy-tales. It's not always so perfect like that.
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I just had a normal African childhood; we played football a lot, but it was always in the street and always without shoes. Boots were very expensive, and when there are seven in your family, and you say you want to buy a pair, your father wants to kill you.
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Perfection of planned layout is achieved only by institutions on the point of collapse.
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What we do every night is we change out the set list as much as we can to make sure that (fans can) go home and tell their friends they experienced something unique and cool.
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While Mayor Daley surprised me today with his decision to not run for reelection, I have never been surprised by his leadership, dedication and tireless work on behalf of the city and the people of Chicago.
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Stand-up is successful if they laugh. It's unsuccessful if they don't laugh.
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Agnostic for me would be trying to weasel out and sound a little nicer than I am about this.
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I don't know if my looks will ever get any better, but my pratfalls sure won't.
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When you have children, you realize that at the end, it's all about passing on, about handing down.
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Anyone can be something. Leaders want to do something.
