Jim Hightower Quotes
You can't do progressive government from the inside. You have to rally those outsiders and make them a force.
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When I was younger, I felt pressure to become someone else once I became successful.
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I don't prepare for anything very well. I am not a good actor. I don't read scripts.
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I've always dreamed of having a large family.
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I knew David Lynch going to television was going to be something. It was either going to not work, nobody was going to get it and it would disappear, or it was going to be something special and really stand out.
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I went to the studio of Fischli Weiss, and it was magical. I thought: 'This is what I want to do with my life; I want to work with artists and be useful to them.' I was magnetically attracted.
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Storms and darkness scared me, but somehow it encouraged me to learn about nature and I think nothing's dark, dark is beautiful too.
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No one in the whole movie ever asks anyone, Did you write this letter' Part of the reason is that no one wants to hear that it isn't for them. As soon as they read it, they want it to be theirs.
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Pop music should be about young people.
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There are two kinds of man: the ones who make history and the ones who endure it.
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You know the things I went through as a youngster, coming into the business, all the good, the bad and the ugly that came. I'd had a rough life. I grew up single parent. My mom, she was like a father to me.
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People should have freedom in their pilgrimages and tours. They should come and visit historical monuments and sites - let's say the sites around Iran - where they can easily engage in wide- scale contacts with others.
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I have always taken care of my body; I'm not a drinker, I've never smoked. And I've always exercised. That's all you have to do.
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In general, the apparel industry isn't about continual process improvement or making the perfect piece of denim; it's about chasing trends.
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My parents were political, so it's definitely in my bones. Wherever I am, I always seem to get involved with politics. I think, once it's in your bloodstream, it's always there. I love it.
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A coldly rationalist individualist can deny that he has any obligation to make sacrifices for the future.
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I'm not scared of dying And I, don't really care If it' s peace you find in dyingWell then, let the time be near.
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Nobody asked for life to deal us with these bullshit hands we´re dealt. We gotta take these cards ourselves and flip ém, don´t expect no help!
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I do not know but it is too much to read one newspaper a week. I have tried it recently, and for so long it seems to me that I have not dwelt in my native region. The sun, the clouds, the snow, the trees say not so much to me. You cannot serve two masters. It requires more than a day's devotion to know and to possess the wealth of a day.
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I think of myself as an actor and not a movie star. I like doing movies; I enjoy it. But, essentially, I'm a theater actor. That's the only place I feel like I actually am a star. In the theater, I can put people in the seats and sell tickets.
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We are helping companies large and small compete through demand-driven supply networks. This conference allows users to share the best techniques with each other, and gives our developers an opportunity to meet with users face-to-face.
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Could we see when and where we are to meet again, we would be more tender when we bid our friends goodbye.
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But the fundamental reason for taking the time to read is because books (good books, that is; books that matter) are the best aid to extended thought and imaginative reflection we have invented. In our own time, this is particularly important, as an antidote to the segmentation of thought encouraged by digital technologies. Cruising among the infinite quanta of data offered on the internet is fine for finding out information; but the disparate fragments we look at on our various screens rarely cohere into continuous thought, or a deepening of knowledge.
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You can't do progressive government from the inside. You have to rally those outsiders and make them a force.
