Jim Webb Quotes
Throughout the world, our insistence on individual freedom and opportunity has been at the bottom of what people think when they hear the very word 'American.'
Quotes to Explore
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I've never been one to run from a challenge.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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I liberate minds with my music. That's more important than liberating a few people from apartheid or whatever.
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I don't think Congress, in general, has done a good job articulating to the American public how inextricably linked our credit markets are to our entire economic system.
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I don't think at Pixar we'd ever make something that was too scary for general audiences.
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I like my house to be unique to me. Sure, I've bought plenty of things out of a catalog, but the way I put them together in my home is special. You might have bought your sofa at a major home decorating store, but the rug you found at the flea market is so unique, it takes your room from 'carbon copy' to 'simply yours' in no time.
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It's really important to find something you really enjoy - something you can focus on and be good at.
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Why can't somebody give us a list of things that everybody thinks and nobody says, and another list of things that everybody says and nobody thinks?
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Contrary to what professional economists will typically tell you, economics is not a science. All economic theories have underlying political and ethical assumptions, which make it impossible to prove them right or wrong in the way we can with theories in physics or chemistry.
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Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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Watching 'Girls' has just given me renewed courage.
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I don't need fame any more. People are less interested in me in terms of celebrity. I'm happy to see a new generation being the media focus. I'm happy my day is done. It's over.
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Hollywood so often likes to make movies that are just about itself. I felt there were a lot of stories that were yet to be told in the middle of the country, and I wanted to capture some of that beauty.
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Human behavior in the midst of hardship caught my attention very early on, and my first stories were all pictures, no words.
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EmTech Asia brings together some of the brightest minds in technology and computer security.
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Many think kids have lots of time and few responsibilities. And that's just not true. They are stressed and under pressure.
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Women's stories have been neglected for so long - unless they were queens. Exploring the history of women is a way of redressing that imbalance.
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If you ask questions that interest you, you'll get answers that interest your audience.
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If a cat does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing, for the same reason, we call it intelligence.
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Most people have to talk so they won't hear.
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I spend half my time just living my life, and the other half analyzing it.
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Throughout the world, our insistence on individual freedom and opportunity has been at the bottom of what people think when they hear the very word 'American.'
