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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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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My retirement is both voluntary and involuntary. One reason, and this is voluntary, is the impact of television. All old movies are turning up on television, and frankly, making pictures doesn't interest me anymore. Another reason is that the film industry is in a declining state.
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I've probably said that in every feature I've been in. I've been repeatedly defined as the girlfriend or wife.
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She is made up of depths even the ocean couldn't fathom.
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I went to school to study literature and writing, even though I didn't end up really doing that in the end. I thought I would be a teacher, but I didn't really think about it in any practical way.
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I applied to drama school when I was about 18 and didn't have any luck anywhere. They basically turned me away and said I had a bit of growing up to do. I went back to Aberystwyth and did my growing up by spending eight months working in Peacocks.
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Throughout the world, terrorists are actively seeking their next recruit. Alarmingly, terrorist organizations are increasingly targeting school-age children as the next generation of terrorists.
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I started bowling when I was 14, my freshman year in high school.
