Jim Pattison Quotes
When I came out of high school, my objective in life was to get a job selling used cars, but after trying for two weeks, nobody would hire me.
Quotes to Explore
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It is not weird for a dad to be doing the dishes, the laundry, and taking the kids to school, and read them stories for bed.
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The antagonisms between men and women express themselves in the most delicate phase of their life together - in their sexual relationship.
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Education must not simply teach work - it must teach Life.
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I've gone very far, far away, but my character keeps me close to home.
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I've been blessed with a wonderful husband, two caring daughters and sons-in-law, and four really special grandchildren. They have each enhanced my life.
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Most of the umpires, it's amazing: 98 percent of them will not hold a grudge. I always felt a couple of them did. I never wanted to argue with an umpire in my life.
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No matter what, you've got to always follow your passion in life and always keep learning.
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I think that every therapist that I know, including my dad and my sister, have their own issues. But that empathy is what makes them good at their job.
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There are something like 300 anti-genocide chapters on college campuses around the country. It's bigger than the anti-apartheid movement. There are something like 500 high school chapters devoted to stopping the genocide in Darfur. Evangelicals have joined it. Jewish groups have joined it.
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The philosophy of the school room in one generation will be the philosophy of government in the next.
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Writing for the theater, you find yourself living a nocturnal life.
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I've been angst-ridden all my life, but finally I'm in a place where things don't matter so much.
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I am not sad, but I am melancholic. When you lose your mother at 20 and then your father soon after, melancholia is part of your life.
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Someone gives jewelry, and there's a bit of romance. If you buy it from a store, the store is trying to romance you. Even when I'm making the jewelry, I have to be romanced.
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We not trying to do what everybody else is doing.
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When I was in high school I was 250 pounds.
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Mother had committed me for life. This is where I felt betrayed the most.
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I was quite satisfied with my creative life. I've always had reinforcement from a small but devoted readership.
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In its heart, America knew that racial segregation was wrong. In its heart, America knows that human life begins before birth.
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Satisfaction will come to those who please themselves.
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I did a lot of Shakespeare touring when I was in college in Montana.
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When I came out of high school, my objective in life was to get a job selling used cars, but after trying for two weeks, nobody would hire me.
