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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I was able to really see that connection as a football player where success requires a lot of hard work and effort, physically and mentally.
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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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I can't imagine playing a boring gig. Like, a boring audience without reaction, I will play against them.
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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 like to rehearse. We did a lot of rehearsals for 'Moneyball,' but it is really individual to the actor. It's not like, 'Here is my process, everybody. Fit in.'
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Fixed principles of truth are the only safeguard for youth.
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The family you were raised in, the time period you were born in, and the part of the country you're in absolutely shape your view on sex, which shapes a huge part of anybody's personality.
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When I wrote 'The Giver,' it contained no so-called 'bad words.' It was set, after all, in a mythical, futuristic, and Utopian society. Not only was there no poverty, divorce, racism, sexism, pollution, or violence in the world of 'The Giver'; there was also careful attention paid to language: to its fluency, precision, and power.
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World War II brought the Greatest Generation together. Vietnam tore the Baby Boomers apart.
