Joe Baca Quotes
We learned in World War II that no single nation holds a monopoly on wisdom, morality or right to power, but that we must fight for the weak and promote democracy.
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Do you force your kids to pay attention to what's going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me most proud.
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
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At one point, I had a story accepted at the 'New Yorker,' which sent off weird bells in people when I told them - 'Oh,' they thought, 'now you are a writer' - where I really had been for the last 30-odd years.
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Some days the competition would beat me and I'd go home thinking awful thoughts, want to hide under the bed, depressed. But of course, in the news business, when you're working a daily news broadcast, you get your victories and defeats every day.
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In the '60s not everybody was wearing flowers in their hair and flowing caftans.
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In the beginning, I didn't dance that much and stuff.
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After six years without seeing one, I love just seeing a smile - every smile I see gives me hope.
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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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Most of the media... is positioning the merger with Compaq and the recent actions by Walter Hewlett and David Packard as a fight between the past and the future.
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My mind boggles at the amount of violence inflicted upon children in today's society.
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My real dream is that everybody will see their self-interest tied up with someone else, whether or not they see them, and see that as an opportunity for growing closer together as a culture and as a world.
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When I saw Arnold say that he didn't need a union, because people in his position don't need it, I thought, this is a very naive way to present yourself. It's also kinda dumb about making movies. It doesn't realize how the union movement even helps the star.
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I know it sounds ridiculous, but I haven't quite got over the miracle that you plant things, and they do sprout up.
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People who drive Jeeps are people who like to do outdoor activities.
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Power in defense of freedom is greater than power in behalf of tyranny and oppression, because power, real power, comes from our conviction which produces action, uncompromising action.
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In trying to scramble out of a hole, it sometimes digs it deeper.
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Poetry seems to sink into us the way prose doesn't. I can still quote verses I learned when I was very young, but I have trouble remembering one line of a novel I just finished reading.
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No court can make time stand still.
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As it stands at the moment, if there's a motion of non-confidence on the table in the House, we will not be supporting or indicating confidence in the government.
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The world continues to offer glittering prizes to those who have stout hearts and sharp swords.
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I don't want to participate in traditional Indian religious ceremonies - dance in a sun dance or pray in a sweat lodge or go on a vision quest with the help of a medicine man. The power of these ceremonies has an appeal, but I'm content with what little religion I already have.
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The happiest people in the world are those who feel absolutely terrific about themselves, and this is the natural outgrowth of accepting total responsibility for every part of their life.
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We learned in World War II that no single nation holds a monopoly on wisdom, morality or right to power, but that we must fight for the weak and promote democracy.
