Jeff Duncan Quotes
We need to hit pause, and possibly reset, as we think about this whole Syrian refugee resettlement issue.
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Unfortunately, America doesn't have a minister of culture, and I don't understand why. It's really bad for young people.
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Then you had people who wanted to get into comedy just to get a TV deal.
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I can work as a writer, but I wanted to do stand-up.
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I love to sing random stuff. That's exciting for me.
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Hairdressers are a wonderful breed. You work one-on-one with another human being and the object is to make them feel so much better and to look at themselves with a twinkle in their eye.
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I believe that everything has a shelf life.
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Mathematical science shows what is. It is the language of unseen relations between things. But to use and apply that language, we must be able fully to appreciate, to feel, to seize the unseen, the unconscious.
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Just making the crowd laugh is not really doing things for me anymore. That's just knowing how to kill; I've learned how to kill – but also learned when a crowd's laughter is meaningful.
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Economic progress and better education have directly resulted in the birth of a class of voters who are better informed, very demanding and highly critical.
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If the Wright brothers hadn't put their lives on the line, we would not be flying around the world these days. So we need pioneers.
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A lot of me is very up, and you have to have light and shade. They are both important and you have to be able to balance them. You have to admit that sadness is part of you and that it enriches you. I use it in my work.
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I gave in, and admitted that God was God.
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War is something of man's own fostering, and if all mankind renounces it, then it is no longer there.
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I heard one time that the Superman glyph is the second or third most recognizable symbol on Earth after the Christian cross.
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Love stories thrive on hope.
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I don't cook very well at all. I'm the girl that can't make scrambled eggs.
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President Obama is not polarizing, but the media sure is.
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You don't go to church and tell the choir how to sing if you're a visitor.
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If someone says, 'Hey man, I love your album, it really got me through a breakup, but I downloaded it for free,' I'll be like, 'Good! That's good!' Maybe he didn't have the money for the album, but if he still listened to it, and it's an important part of his life, that's all I can ask for. I don't want his twenty bucks.
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You have to discipline yourself and not carry the character with you. You need to switch it off and take time to re-energize.
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Twenty miles out of town. A million miles from the life you left behind.
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I understand now that God trusts me enough to give me three kids - Marvin Jr., Mikaila and Madisson - who totally depend on me. They know I'm going to be there for them no matter what.
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We need to hit pause, and possibly reset, as we think about this whole Syrian refugee resettlement issue.
