Jock Sturges Quotes
I became good at defending myself, but as far as I was concerned, that was a transient skill.
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Like a cyclone, imperialism spins across the globe; militarism crushes peoples and sucks their blood like a vampire.
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I worked with the Neville Brothers for 40-some years on the highway, and up and down since I can remember - funk from New Orleans.
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It just seems like the most fun thing in the world. I've never met people who have kids who haven't looked me in the eye and been like, 'It's the greatest thing that's ever happened.'
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Poetry is the art of uniting pleasure with truth.
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There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex, you have bad religion too.
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In terms of 'Seinfeld', I think there's lot of reality in a show that's supposed to be about nothing.
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Racism is always there underneath, but usually it is exploited in these times of economic crisis, and it's hard to find out when one slides into another.
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There is no shortage of embarrassing facts about healthcare, and people die every day in the U.S. due to preventable errors - would you fly planes if you knew several of them would drop out of the sky every day?
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'The Sound of Things Falling' may be a page turner, but it's also a deep meditation on fate and death. Even in translation, the superb quality of Vasquez's prose is evident, captured in Anne McLean's idiomatic English version. All the novel's characters are well imagined, original and rounded.
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I live with myself. I wake up with myself, I eat, and I take a dump with myself. I don't see anything special there. I do all the same things other human beings and creatures do. I don't see any need to be telling the data of the day of this particular human being by posting it on online. It's not interesting to me.
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I shall always be a priest of love.
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Even if I get thrown out of Hollywood, I'll come back.
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I've always felt so fortunate to have writing to turn to every day. I'm obsessed with it.
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I believe that the topic of chemical weapons is critically important for international peace and security, and I take note of the ongoing debate over what course of action should be taken by the international community. All those actions should be taken within the framework of the U.N. Charter, as a matter of principle.
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My first love was acting. I went to Sidney Poitier films as a kid. I sat in the theater and dreamed of being an actor.
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Because I've done a lot of theater, I know what power is and how megalomaniacs are, since I've certainly played some.
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I'm a real romantic.
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Eventually, before I die, I hope to have written about every part I've played.
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My hand is the extension of the thinking process - the creative process.
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People can't think when their minds are clouded with fear.
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No government is ever going to get it perfect. The job of policymakers is to continue seeking perfection and making it better and constantly reassessing to ensure that the students and the parents are getting the most out of the education system.
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There is, in fact, nothing easy about being an entrepreneur.
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There was something about the idea of Russia that I found very intriguing, and I think I had romanticized it a lot.
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I became good at defending myself, but as far as I was concerned, that was a transient skill.
