Jesse Ventura Quotes
There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.
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I like the challenge of growing small companies into big global companies.
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The reality is that I always envisioned the 'Riddick' franchise as a continuing mythology, so I always imagined that there would be many other films to follow.
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The real problem at the moment is that the banks - because of their existing culture, which is frankly anti-business, obsession with short-term trading profits, not focusing on the long term - are throttling the recovery of British industry.
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People place such importance on the external. It's disgusting.
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I think that there's no doubt that as I see friends, families, children of gay couples who are thriving, you know, that has an impact on how I think about these issues.
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Sticking with your vision and what you believe in is so, so important.
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My investment strategy, which is to focus on sectors that are a national priority for India, hasn't changed.
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I didn't have any role models really. My best friend was a dog. My mum and dad saved a dog from the gutter and that dog was my brother before Jesse was born. Sami was his name and he was my role model.
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I read The Odyssey all the time. I always get something out of it.
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I think if I was going to be someone for a day, I would want to be a performer, someone big, like Rihanna. I'd want to feel the energy of being on stage. I've always found that very interesting.
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Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.
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I was interested in political failure here in the U.S. The way we're failing to work together to solve even our smallest problems, let alone the complex ones.
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I try to be an ethical, moral person and a nice person, and I like to have that reflected in my comedy. I'm not a mean comedian, and I don't think that my comedy is mean. I think that for the most part, it's more focused on the diversity that we all handle and try to provide a distraction from the disaster of modern living.
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The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.
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I don't care if you're a Republican or a Democrat, there is something profoundly un-American about using the brute force of government to bully someone.
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I have had shoulder injuries in the past, but usually it's from training.
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Not explaining science seems to me perverse. When you're in love, you want to tell the world.
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I try not to think with my gut. If I'm serious about understanding the world, thinking with anything besides my brain, as tempting as that might be, is likely to get me into trouble. Really, it's okay to reserve judgment until the evidence is in.
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I think having worked in a department store setting, if my life had not taken a drastically different turn when I became an actor, there's a very high probability I would have continued to work at the department store.
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Without faith that there's a world beyond the one we live in, I don't see how it's possible to get rid of angst.
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The toy business began to drive the [Lucasfilm] empire. It’s a shame. They make three times as much on toys as they do on films. It’s natural to make decisions that protect the toy business, but that’s not the best thing for making quality films.
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I couldn't use Nest because it doesn't operate with high-end HVAC systems.
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The triumphal-procession-air which, in our manners and customs, is given to marriage at the outset - that singing of Te Deum before the battle has begun.
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There is much more to being a patriot and a citizen than reciting the pledge or raising a flag.
