Jesse Ventura Quotes
I decided to run for governor because I got mad... I want to make government more directly accountable to the people.
Quotes to Explore
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I had been playing really interesting roles before I got great roles. Little ones - 'The Crying Game' I loved working on, and then 'Bird,' 'Ghost Dog,' so many films.
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If Turkey wants to join Europe, it will have to become a European country, and that might take a long time.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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A love of books has opened so many doors for me. Stories have inspired me and taught me to aspire.
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I write what I'd like to read and just hope that, along the way, others might like to read them, too.
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.
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Heaven is long-enduring, and earth continues long. The reason why heaven and earth are able to endure and continue thus long is because they do not live of, or for, themselves.
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My parents found what I was interested in and encouraged me. They didn't put me in front of a television and buy lots of toys, the way some American parents do.
Nastassja Kinski -
She looked at me penetratingly. So I suppose you can figure out what happened next.
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It was weird - writing is a stupid thing to do. I come up here in the morning to a pleasant room in the roof of my house and imagine I'm a black South American football superstar; then I have to imagine I'm a female pop celebrity who's pregnant. It's a completely mad way to spend your time.
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Love is reaching out to try to get to the other person.
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It's very tempting to have a nanny and live in a gated community and have a chef - I'd love to have a few dinners cooked for me. But I don't want that for my children. When they're older, if people say to them, 'Did you have a chef?' I want them to be shocked by the question.
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On the rare occasions I go to the gym, I prefer silence.
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Jill Clayburgh's life so closely paralleled mine, I feel as though a part of me lived a little through her and died a little with her.
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Just because someone has gone to an elite school and college does not make him smarter than the person who has grown up on street knowledge.
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I think women have always been trying to look healthy. The makeup artists just teach you the quick cheats.
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I have an outdoor kitchen at home in Georgia, and I try to never eat inside.
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The Vatican has to strike a difficult balance between running a country and running a religious institution.
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When you're in a band, inevitably, someone is siding with someone else, and you're fighting over something that happened in the band five years ago.
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Today in India there are all sections of people, as the BJP realized when the poor voted them out.
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I always stayed away from political commentary. First of all, I didn't feel entitled. What I may feel about a candidate, I'm a comedian. I mean, if people like my comedy, that doesn't mean they should vote for the person I like. That's why I always kind of stayed away from endorsements.
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I decided to run for governor because I got mad... I want to make government more directly accountable to the people.
