Jocko Willink Quotes
If someone attacks me, and they want to punch or kick me, I can just run away. They're not holding onto me. I can get away from them.
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I was born into a world where a lot of people who came to the house were performers.
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The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind.
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I told my agents that I love Holly Hunter and Frances McDormand and all of these women that are good at doing comedies as well as dramas.
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To be honest, as an actor, job security is not a trait.
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In general, I'm rubbish in heels. I love them, and I own a lot because it's like being in a sweet shop: they're pretty. But I'm not good in them. I don't walk nicely in heels.
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I think there's a certain level of trust that I have with women. I've always been honest, even when I haven't had good times in my life or my movie bombed or I've had great success. I've owned up to all of it.
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Golf, like measles, should be caught young.
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To survive is to win.
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One of the most important decisions you'll ever make is choosing the kind of universe you exist in: is it helpful and supportive or hostile and unsupportive? Your answer to this question will make all the difference in terms of how you live your life and what kind of Divine assistance you attract.
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I mean, what is racism? Racism is a projection of our own fears onto another person. What is sexism? It's our own vulnerability about our potency and masculinity projected as our need to subjugate another person, you know? Fascism, the same thing: People are trying to untidy our state, so I legislate as a way of controlling my environment.
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The Spanish troops returned and we could yet discover the grass beaten down in the direction which they went.
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Man is God's highest present development. He is the latest thing in God.
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If I met Jack Nicholson, I would probably get a little flustered. Not going to lie. I've watched his movies since I was so young. Such a fan.
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He knows that you have ability and what he does is he manipulates it and sort of empowers you.
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President Obama is not polarizing, but the media sure is.
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There's a fine line between genius and insanity, as we all know.
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I like to relax a lot the night before a race. I like having people around me. I don't like being on my own, particularly. Music helps psych you up, too.
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It takes two to get one in trouble.
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Another important aspect is that the masters taught us to move from a deeper source,not just from muscles and joints.
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I think my books give people a language to have a conversation about God that's not religious. There isn't enough new literature that brings the conversation of God into a modern context. I love the Bible, but in the West we've analyzed it until it fits into a structure of control. We need more new stories. We need different ways of looking at things, and I think it's coming.
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I do a lot of reading of news so I can be smarter, and I do a lot of watching TV news so I can know why Americans aren't very smart. Then I can point out the hypocrisy of politicians or the media.
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Book tours are really kind of fun. You get to stay in nice hotels, you are driven everywhere in big silver cars, you are treated as if you are much more important than you are, you can eat steak three times a day at someone else's expense, and you get to talk endlessly about yourself for weeks at a stretch.
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Drugs and sex go hand in hand when you're a rock and roll musician. Whereas if I were a violinist, it might be a little different.
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If someone attacks me, and they want to punch or kick me, I can just run away. They're not holding onto me. I can get away from them.
