Jim Hightower Quotes
So now is the time, more than ever, for those who truly value all the principles of democracy, especially including dissent, to be the most forceful in speaking up, standing up and speaking out.
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I would just die if some little girl saw me jump into bed with someone in the movies, and then she did it and got AIDS and died.
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When you have brothers, you learn to be fiercely competitive with someone you love so they won't kill you and you won't kill them.
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The battle in American politics used to be for the middle. Now, it's all about the building and the intensity of support on the far left and far right wings of both parties. And we have forgotten about the people here in the middle.
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I traveled so much to dance that I feel a part of many places, but New York is where I spent most of my life and where my career has been - it's the place where I exist.
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Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.
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The Japanese version comes with a translation, but that's different from the lyrics, so people could look things up and find a translation of their own if they're interested.
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Anyone can go out on stage and start beating people over the head with rubber chickens. That'll get people's attention.
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I would like for people to hear my music and hear/realize that people and experiences are deeper than what's at face value. Hopefully, with the span of my career, I can try to convey that in more ways than one.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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What I particularly like about Broadway is the camaraderie and the friendship of other people in other shows. Everybody knows you're opening and cares about you. There's a real village atmosphere.
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Arithmetic is where the answer is right and everything is nice and you can look out of the window and see the blue sky - or the answer is wrong and you have to start over and try again and see how it comes out this time.
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Everybody hates you when you're the best, and everybody hates you when you're the worst.
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In real life, I assure you, there is no such thing as algebra.
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During the crusades all were religious mad, and now all are mad for want of it.
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I didn't want to do a zoo show. I didn't want to do a study of someone with mental illness. I just wanted to show someone who was trying to live their life.
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Even though people say Richard Harris and I have been having a great feud, it's not true.
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The problem is that the economy isn't growing fast enough to accommodate the level of spending produced through the democratic process.
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I'm usually listening to Sirius Satellite in the morning. 'The Heat' usually plays good music.
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For weeks after 9/11 you could smell the dust and pulverised concrete in New York, and the National Guard came in, so there was a military presence on the streets. It was intense. Overwhelming. Heartbreaking.
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I'm a pretty aggressive girl in general. So if there's a boy that I like, you're going to know how I feel. I just put it out there.
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I do have a Bentley. I do go out.
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You know the best thing about having a house? You get to plant whatever you want in the yard and watch it grow.
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By the time I got to the hospital, I certainly realised that I had a problem because I couldn't write or print at that time, which lasted luckily only about four months. I'd gone numb here and on my tongue and the right foot a little bit.
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So now is the time, more than ever, for those who truly value all the principles of democracy, especially including dissent, to be the most forceful in speaking up, standing up and speaking out.
