Jay Garner Quotes
We ought to be beating our chests every day. We ought to look in the mirror, stick out our chests, suck in our bellies, and say, 'Damn, we're Americans,' and smile.
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Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side.
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I have no political ax to grind; I just find it absurd that huge billion-dollar corporations can take over elections. I just find it insane that, for instance, we give tax breaks to people like myself making millions of dollars, while there're no tax breaks for working people. That, to me, is not a political issue, that's a life issue.
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I don't know if it has set in or not. Honestly, it's crazy. It's such an amazing honor. I remember thinking back to being in my room waiting for the call to see if I got the part. It's like winning the lottery. I'm proud to be a member of such an amazing cast - that's the best award of all.
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So, deadpan I think just means not acknowledging for one second that you think that this is funny and clever.
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Home is, I suppose just a child's idea. A house at night, and a lamp in the house. A place to feel safe.
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It's an honor to live on a legacy, getting to do what we love to do and try to be the best musicians that we can possibly be.
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The only positive finding which could be drawn from the first series, was the conclusion that the relationships obviously had a more complicated lay-out than had been thought, for the effects were so varied that no obedience to any law could be discovered.
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Despite overwhelming support for the United States to adopt English as its official language, we have still not taken that important step.
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I really enjoy helping people out, and I enjoy time spent with kids.
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When I turned 59, I looked at that as the first day of my 60th year, so I've been 60 for the last 365 days, in my opinion. So I've been thinking all this year, I'm 60 - this is the time when I need to get some stuff done.
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The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.
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Political leaders are expert at saying nothing.
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Our society finds truth too strong a medicine to digest undiluted. In its purest form, truth is not a polite tap on the shoulder. It is a howling reproach.
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It doesn't matter how precisely the onion is cut as long as the person chewing it is happy.
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The producers and writers of dance music are becoming the stars, not so much the DJs.
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We as a nation have no choice but to conserve fuel to the best of our abilities or be prepared for harsh measures like steep price increase, if the need so arises.
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I don't keep my secrets or my knowledge to myself.
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I thought the Hall of Fame was for superstars, not just average players like me.
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I still don't get golf.
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I don't want to be forty-five and still a freshman.
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What an odd thing a diary is: the things you omit are more important than those you put in.
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We had a song called "Reach Out" that almost got us to the next level. During that time my wife and I made a decision to leave Los Angeles.
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I'm watching a lot of the football.
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We ought to be beating our chests every day. We ought to look in the mirror, stick out our chests, suck in our bellies, and say, 'Damn, we're Americans,' and smile.
