Jesse Jackson Quotes
Great things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born in Greenville.
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I think you grow up every year, every day. You learn something new and try to really worry about what's important in life.
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We were five kids at home, and my mother and grandmother ensured that we all had a very grounded upbringing in Madras. Even in school, I never used to tell anyone that my dad was an actor.
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There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.
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Blogs are quite a new development - now, everyone wants to know you, everyone wants to know everything about you. And you can build a following that way. In a way, it's a good thing if you want to create a buzz around yourself.
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Within the sphere of steampunk, there seems to be a rapidly growing subsphere of gadgetless 'neo-Victorian' novels, most of which attempt to recapture the romance of the era without all the sociopolitical ugliness.
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I got to dress up in funny clothes and run around New Zealand with a bow and arrow for 18 months, how bad could that be?
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Like the old Italian saying goes, 'It ain't rocket surgery.'
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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I really bonded with my mom, growing up, through our love of horror movies!
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I love the horror genre and the thriller genre, so I've got no problem with playing a psycho.
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I am always dabbling in new skin routines, but it's always about moisture.
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I had an excellent math and physics teacher in high school named T.C. Patel, and in the university, I had truly dedicated professors in both physics and mathematics who gave me a sound foundation with which to pursue graduate studies.
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Our heritage and ideals, our code and standards - the things we live by and teach our children - are preserved or diminished by how freely we exchange ideas and feelings.
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I can't do choreographed movement. It has to come from my heart... and my pelvis.
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Every generation is obsessed with the decade before they were born.
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Unfortunately, we can never truly know if we're making the right decision. What we do know is that wherever we are, that's where the Light wants us to be. It's the best place for us to be now. And as long as we don't try to control the situation, then we won't end up in the place we shouldn't be.
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Winning and making history is something you can't buy. Me? I'm a guy who loves history. When I'm 60 or 70, I don't want to be remembered for the money I make. I want to be in the history books.
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As much as we need to approve the Keystone pipeline, we need to think far broader than that.
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I hated school so bad. I only liked art class during high school. I was always smart.
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For better or worse, MTV sort of bridges the whole country together almost like the BBC does in England. It's opened up everything so wide that it's possible for everyone to have different ideas.
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To be honest, as an actor, job security is not a trait.
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People misunderstand what a police state is. It isn't a country where the police strut around in jackboots; it's a country where the police can do anything they like. Similarly, a security state is one in which the security establishment can do anything it likes.
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Great things happen in small places. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. Jesse Jackson was born in Greenville.
