Jim Brown Quotes
America says we are a great democratic society and other people should follow our example. Well, I say we benefited from slavery, and as a nation, we never faced that because the people in power chose not to.
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It is part of my responsibility as a bridge builder to speak the truth about what's great about America, what we've done right, and what our less glorious moments. And many people feel that the Iraq adventure, for example, has been one of our less glorious moments.
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I know my corn plants intimately, and I find it a great pleasure to know them.
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If you ever meet an actor who's the child of actors, they'll never tell you that they wanted to be a star. But what I did realise early on was that I just wanted to be in that tribe.
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Pigeons are gentle and smart and have complex social relationships. Their hearing and vision are both excellent.
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I like to be underdressed rather than overdressed. For an event or a premiere, it's fun to dress up more - then I like to experiment.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.
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You have to relish the challenge of television.
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Women just love to shop.
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The test of good manners is to be able to put up pleasantly with bad ones.
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I do my own thing. And I believe what I do is the right thing.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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I like naturally occurring film grain, and what happens to film when it's under- and over-exposed.
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I can't bear kissing scenes.
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Medicines are only fit for old people.
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I love music. I think it's a higher art form, in a way, than movies. You know, a film you see once, maybe twice. A song will follow you forever. It's a magical thing.
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Anthropomorphic animals, when taken out of narrative into actual visibility, always turn into buffoonery or nightmare.
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Many great founders have one or more big failures on their track record. What makes them great is that they eventually succeed despite that.
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Education in general, and higher education in particular, is on the brink of a huge disruption. Two big questions, which were once so well-settled that we ceased asking them, are now up for grabs. What should young people be learning? And what sorts of credentials indicate they're ready for the workforce?
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I wasn't really expecting me to win the gold in this race. To get another medal for myself and for the U.S. was a pretty good thing to happen, I'd say.
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Americans stick their nose where it doesn't belong more than Cyrano de Bergerac giving head.
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Writing and thinking is not economically sustainable.
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There is power through prayer. For many Christians, prayer is nothing special, just something we're supposed to do - go to church, tithe, read the Bible, pray. But prayer should be so much more than an item on our "to do" lists.
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America says we are a great democratic society and other people should follow our example. Well, I say we benefited from slavery, and as a nation, we never faced that because the people in power chose not to.
