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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I've never really been a television watcher, so I never watch comedies.
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I find it really difficult when you make a movie where it is set in Russia and everyone speaks in English. It drives me crazy.
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Pay no heed to those who tell you that they have relinquished place and power of their own accord, and from their love of quiet. For almost always they have been brought to this retirement by their insufficiency and against their will.
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I seriously consider television to be the people's medium.
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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.
