Jim Brown Quotes
The so-called incorrigibles were not the way people said they were. I found a lot of character in some of these people.
Quotes to Explore
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President Obama vowed in his State of the Union address to make assisting domestic manufacturers a top priority for his second term.
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I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a long list of artists. They were important to me, especially as an early adolescent.
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I've been following what's happening in Colombia because it's the country of my childhood.
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My mother did all she could to control me, but at age 14 she sent me to a military school.
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There are too many books I haven't read, too many places I haven't seen, too many memories I haven't kept long enough.
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If we keep an open mind, too much is likely to fall into it.
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I love learning new things that will never be put to practical use.
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Every guy should be the owner of a really nice pen. When you put your thoughts down, or whenever you're going to share something with someone, it means something if it bleeds out in a nice ink.
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I have super-supercurly hair, and it's a constant struggle.
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You can't tolerate anybody attempting to threaten or intimidate your body. You must respond with force.
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My favorite meal would have to be good old-fashioned eggs, over easy, with bacon. Many others, but you can't beat that on a Sunday morning, especially with a cup of tea.
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No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
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In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.
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I feel like 'Work' was a really good song for people to get to know me, as it's obviously biographical. With 'Bounce,' I wanted to make sure people know there's a fun side to me as well as the somber and serious one.
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I don't try to hurt people in any way, and I try to help out wherever I can.
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I spend days with writers' block. It is a problem.
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There is plenty of building material and more than enough manpower to make a decent home for every Cuban. But if we continue to wait for the golden calf, a thousand years will have gone by, and the problem will remain the same.
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In my district, California 14, we have about 4,000 families who are on food stamps, but some of my colleagues have thousands and thousands more. Yet, they somehow feel like crusaders, like heroes, when they vote to cut food stamps.
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Working with Christopher McQuarrie and working with Tom Cruise; two people who are just so good at what they do, it just makes you better.
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Effective people stay out of Quadrants III and IV because, urgent or not, they aren't important. They also shrink Quadrant I down to size by spending more time in Quadrant II...Quadrant II is the heart of effective personal management.
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I had never read Upton Sinclair. I didn't read 'The Jungle' in high school or anything like that. But it's pretty terrific writing.
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I can't think of a subject that is taboo for me, unless it's one I simply don't know anything about.
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I always knew that there were huge opportunities for me, and that I had a lot of potential to do a lot of different things, but I also knew it was about my execution and my application of skills.
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The so-called incorrigibles were not the way people said they were. I found a lot of character in some of these people.
