Jim Hightower Quotes
Populism is not a style, it's a people's rebellion against the iron grip that big corporations have on our country - including our economy, government, media, and environment.
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Anytime you have a tight race and you lose, it's not pleasant.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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Parents, teachers, and other school staff need the tools to help these young people early in their lives. And the earlier, the better. It is proven that early action prevents problems later in life.
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We're here for a little, little bit of time, and I just wanna make the most out of it.
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There's so much hate that we direct externally that we forget we have our own psychos. But that's the role of the satirist - you have to examine your own country and say, 'look!'
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What the 'supposed 99 percent' don't realize is that they are better off if there are more fat cats, not less.
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You promised to take care of me and not to turn your back on me. How is it possible that you never wrote to me even once and you never came back to see me? Do you think that it is fun for me to spend months, even years, without any news, without any hope!
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People want entertainment, a whole night of it, a whole experience.
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Jung viewed Freud as a mentor, but he never wanted to be anybody's disciple.
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I think what it really is, is that I date creative people. And I think that what intimidates them is not my purse; it's my mind.
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I've always wanted to do my best to make sure it's clear that I want to keep the focus on my music.
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I do my own thing. And I believe what I do is the right thing.
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No matter what job you do, we all have a much different life than our parents had. My parents' generation had one job and then they retired. Now, people have many different jobs.
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I urge researchers to make use of the opportunities that are available to them and to do all they can to fulfill the promise that stem cell research offers.
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I have never gotten a B in my life. I would honestly be mortified if I got a B. I'm so academically driven.
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If you get anything creative going, then the work and play thing is the same thing, I feel.
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Letting the facts speak for themselves is an immoral principle when we all know that facts and figures can be selected to prove anything.
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Why do I always choose the shopping cart with the squeaky wheel? Is it my bad luck, or are all the carts dysfunctional?
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When you see grown men near to tears because they've missed hitting a little white ball into a hole from three feet, it makes you laugh.
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I think the few writers who influenced me most in writing short stories are Alice Munro and Grace Paley. They're very different, and I can't do what they do, but reading them gives me hope that I'll learn something from them.
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People who have given us their complete confidence believe that they have a right to ours. The inference is false, a gift confers no rights.
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I really believe in not compromising your art. I feel like I've never compromised my art.
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Populism is not a style, it's a people's rebellion against the iron grip that big corporations have on our country - including our economy, government, media, and environment.
