Jesse Ventura Quotes
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I ended the war a horse ahead.
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I've had jokes stolen a thousand times. But if you can do it better than me, you can have it. I've had jokes stolen from me in the club when I'm next on stage. And my brain will start to turn, and the gears will start turning, and I'll go onstage and create a whole new bit.
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You have to believe that people don't want what you think they're going to like, you know? They want what you like. Once you start doing that, you actually start connecting with people.
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With this business, you have to learn to go with the flow. Not being able to grow in comfort is a beautiful thing when you're uncomfortable, so just embrace it and roll with it, and you'll come out stronger.
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The books I love most are the ones that combine some sort of gripping story with really beautiful or stylish writing. Some of my favorites are 'The Road' by Cormac McCarthy, 'The Virgin Suicides' by Jeffrey Eugenides, 'The Interpreter of Maladies' by Jhumpa Lahiri, and 'Blindness' by Jose Saramago.
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If I was Sean Connery, I would have been macho.
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Obviously, you always hope you're going to get on with people you work with.
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I never wanted to be one of those actors with a political agenda.
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I love going to conventions, and I love spending time with the fans and going to parts of the world where I wouldn't normally go.
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I went to Brown University, but my mom said I couldn't be an artist because I would starve.
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I am a little old fashioned, and I love to have my scripts printed out. There is something magical about feeling the paper, making notes and page marks.
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Social movements are at once the symptoms and the instruments of progress. Ignore them and statesmanship is irrelevant; fail to use them and it is weak.
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My accent was horrible. In Mexico, nobody says, 'You speak English with a good accent.' You either speak English, or you don't: As long as you can communicate, no one cares.
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I grew up in Michigan, in a very small town, Centreville. In my graduating class, I had like 92 people.
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Hegel is correct: we learn from history that we cannot learn from it.
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Niggas with knowledge are more dangerous than niggas with guns. They make the guns easy to get and try to keep niggas dumb
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None of us gets through life alone. We all have to look out for each other and lift each other up.
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Holiness is the architectural plan upon which God buildeth up His living temple.
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I worked as an actor for many years. Then I segued to some non-fiction writing.
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Imagine someone with $10 finding a classroom project that speaks to them personally, seeing where their money is going, and realizing that they don't need to be a millionaire to make a difference.
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Think continally about what you want, not about the things you fear.
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It's panhandling. . . That's the system we have, though. It's based on bribery.
