Joseph Arrington, Jr. (Joe Tex) Quotes
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I'm afraid to fail again.
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I'm half Puerto Rican and every Friday we have rice and beans and chicken in my house - so that's like a very Latin staple. It's just so comforting. I look forward to every single Friday because I just can't wait for my rice and beans and chicken.
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Becoming a model was very counter-culture for my background, which is hyper-liberal, academic and feminist.
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Fortune pays you sometimes for the intensity of her favors by the shortness of their duration. She soon tires of carrying any one long on her shoulders.
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New research shows that you will be dead longer than you will be alive.
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Suggesting a married Jesus is one thing, but questioning the Resurrection undermines the very heart of Christian belief.
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Too often, I've put my career and helping others ahead of my own needs.
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At night, I love dressing up. I love putting on an outfit.
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Even a genius cannot completely resist his Zeitgeist, the spirit of his time.
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I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.
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How are we to live with the desert, in the desert, within the desert?
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It should take you 15 minutes to make a song, and then get out of there.
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I think we in the Alpha Band, which was a strange group anyway, weren't dealing with any of these issues. They sneaked up on us and took us over, before we know what was going on.
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To dissociate politicians from capitalists is slightly disingenuous, to put it mildly. U.S. lawmakers are competitive and auction themselves to the highest bidder via the lobby system.
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Rather than waiting to restore fiscal responsibility after we pass legislation, we must work to ensure we remain committed to it as we draft legislation.
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Two cheers for Democracy; one because it admits variety, and two because it permits criticism.
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I used to have a very unmediated experience of food but, because of the recipe testing, I've lost that now. I can't switch it off even when I'm on holiday.
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Ripley is married. And he's not lost. He has his feet on the ground.
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The cold north wind which bows to earthThe lightness of the willow's birthBends not the mountain cedar trees;Folding their branches from the breeze,They stand as if they could defyThe utmost rage of storm and sky.
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For instance, 'The Sixth Sense' had mediocre to bad reviews. Slowly, the audience pushed it and it received critical attention.
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Here in Europe, I think that there are a lot of young people who forget the issues that were at stake during the Cold War.
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In my early teens, I was a janitor. In high school, I got up early to deliver to accounts that required early service.
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I don’t believe it is possible to transcend race in this country. Race is a factor in this society. The legacy of Jim Crow and slavery has not gone away. It is not an accident that African-Americans experience high crime rates, are poor, and have less wealth. It is a direct result of our racial history.
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I started bowling when I was 14, my freshman year in high school.
