Jim Webb Quotes
World War II brought the Greatest Generation together. Vietnam tore the Baby Boomers apart.
Quotes to Explore
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My mom really inspired me. She has always taught me it's not about us, it's about what we can give back.
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The scramble to get into college is going to be so terrible in the next few years that students are going to put up with almost anything, even an education.
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Loyalty will not permit envy, hate, and uncharitableness to creep into our public thinking.
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Simplicity is an acquired taste. Mankind, left free, instinctively complicates life.
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'Murder in the First' takes 12 episodes to explore the crime and the issues surrounding it, all in the hopes of answering the question, 'How did we get to this point?'
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It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.
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Age has been the perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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The Bible is very clear about one thing: Using politics to create fairness is a sin.
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Music is a powerful tool in galvanizing people around an issue. There's no better way to get your point across than to put it in a beautiful song.
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I thought I had to write literature and add my name to the list of great Southern storytellers. Fortunately for me, no one wanted to read any of those stories. They got rejected by everyone. Sometimes, I would get a note saying they liked the writing, but the story simply didn't work.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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I drink tons of water. It always sounds like the lamest thing, but there's a reason you keep hearing this over and over again. It really works.
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We kind of like the new Outkast.
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I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
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We do have serious energy needs for the country, we are aware that natural gas is especially in demand because of its air quality benefits: 90 percent of new power plants have been natural gas-powered.
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I work in my attic, and the view is next door's chimney stack.
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When the CEO makes a decision, people don't come back on it.
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The older you get, the things that you thought you wanted to do when you were younger, you're checking them off your list because you no longer want to them.
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To put it simply and a bit crudely: Our economy is demanding more well-educated workers than our schools are providing. To attract this scarce resource, communities have to offer more than just jobs.
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Marriage is about banality. Its purpose is banality, to create an environment of surpassing safety and predictability for young children to grow up in, the foundation of life, the root of inner peace.
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But veracity is a plant of paradise, and the seeds have never flourished beyond the walls.
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They are more beautiful than anything in the world, kinetic sculptures, perfect form in motion.
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World War II brought the Greatest Generation together. Vietnam tore the Baby Boomers apart.
