Jesse Ventura Quotes
I have every right to know how my taxes are spent, how every single penny of it is spent. I have the right to know that.
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If you're making music for all the right reasons, people are going to be receptive to that and appreciate it the same way you did when your were writing it.
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Food doesn't necessarily have to suck in order to be healthy. It doesn't have to be terrible to be healthy anymore.
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I like to write with a lot of emotion and a lot of power. Sometimes I overdo it; sometimes my prose is a little bit too purple, and I know that.
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I started off dancing and playing sports, and I joined the drama stuff, the theatre stuff in middle school because my friends were involved, and it was kind of the cool thing to do.
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Genetically modified organism (GMO) foods are feared and hated by environmentalists and the public alike. Yet the scientific assessment of GMOs is remarkably different. Every major scientific evaluation of GMO technology has concluded that GMOs are safe for human consumption and are a benefit to the environment.
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I get along very well with animals and children. I dig them, I get them.
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I always have to have my lipstick. Sometimes I have more than one shade: start with one color for the morning, one for night. Sometimes I have a couple shades just in case I need something more powerful for the day.
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For the first time in the history of Bihar, I provided a stable government. Despite being denied funds by the Centre, Bihar survived on its resources. I provided pucca dwellings to half a million Dalit families.
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Children are the most desirable opponents at scrabble as they are both easy to beat and fun to cheat.
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Oh, it is quite possible that none of us in 'Downton' will ever again get the ratings this has had. But from a career point of view, it has opened so many doors.
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With fandom, people are sensitive, and sometimes defensive, about their experiences.
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I had written lyrics to a song called The Silent Extreme, which Alex later renamed Humans Being.
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Career-driven millennials are strategic about working obsessively while they are single and earning enough money to afford advanced education. Most are patient enough to wait until 30 or later to develop their dream.
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I would love to have a varied career, like Hugh Jackman. He started in musical theater, then established himself in film, but he still does a lot of stage work. And he does it all beautifully.
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It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to.
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I've been taking batting practice in my barn where nobody can see me, so I may be better than anyone thinks.
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When I watch video, I try to watch the good starts so I can see how my mechanics are in those. Every once in a while, I'll look at video starts that I struggled, and sometimes in those, there is no mechanical problems; it's just, didn't have good stuff that day.
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I have always thought of myself as an inventor first and foremost. An engineer. An entrepreneur. In that order. I never thought of myself as an employee. But my first jobs as an adult were as an employee: at IBM, and then at my first start-up.
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A democracy, the realistic observer is forced to conclude, is likely to be idealistic in its feelings about itself, but imperialistic about its practice.
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Business 2.0 was hugely profitable last year, and will be profitable this year.
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I prefer highs and lows to an even keel. Moderation is never something I've been good at.
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I'm often asked how I get ideas for my stories. The answer is there's no single way; every story is different.
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I was raised by a single dad, and I've always kind of liked things that are typically more guy-oriented.
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I have every right to know how my taxes are spent, how every single penny of it is spent. I have the right to know that.
