Joseph Arrington, Jr. (Joe Tex) Quotes
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When Mitt Romney talked about Putin expanding his sphere of influence, Obama mocked and said, 'The Cold War has been over 20 years, nothing to be worried about'... We keep making that mistake with Putin.
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If you've got information about an opponent running against you, wouldn't you want that information - to vet it, to see if it's real information, and to use it accordingly?
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I was myself brought up with my brother, whose name was Matthias, for he was my own brother, by both father and mother; and I made mighty proficiency in the improvements of my learning, and appeared to have both a great memory and understanding.
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Honesty is something you can't wear out.
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I had rather have a plain, russet-coated Captain, that knows what he fights for, and loves what he knows, than that which you call a Gentle-man and is nothing else.
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Don't depend on other people to be responsible for you. Don't make yourself stressed out over nonsensical things like material things.
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You need a teaching coach who understands the game of basketball, not just some guy coming on the court talking about Xs and Os.
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The guys in my band are good friends on and off the stage. The band members that I have now is probably the best band that I have ever had.
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Strange story about Degas. He hated women, didn't want to be with them. Yet he spent much of his life painting them. He had seen his father maltreat his mother, must have had a deep fear that he'd do the same thing.
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There should be no discrimination against languages people speak, skin color, or religion.
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A lot of directors say, 'Do whatever you want, and I'll just change it on set.' But I love being involved in every part of production. It's very exciting. It's like an empire of creation: Everybody is working so hard to respect a vision and an idea, and it's very weird and inspiring at the same time.
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The mistake we make is to attribute to religions the errors and fanaticism of human beings.
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I don't watch a lot of television.
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The fullness of life is in the hazards of life.
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Living Life Tomorrow's fate, though thou be wise, Thou canst not tell nor yet surmise; Pass, therefore, not today in vain, For it will never come again.
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I have friends who are movie stars, and I think it's just as hard a job as being a working actor. But it's a different job, and it's not the one I want.
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Essentially, there's no scientific evidence whatsoever that could ever be presented to me that would wipe out my fundamental spiritual beliefs.
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Gas consumption is growing everywhere.
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The upheavals of adolescence silenced 'A Christmas Carol' for a few years. I became a firebrand atheist. Christmas - humbug! Too commercial! Then I became an agnostic. Christmas was a pro-forma affair, basically a chore. Buy mother a book, dad a new tie, my brother and sister small gifts. Pretend thanks for the fountain pens and shirts I received.
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I had a good guitar, and I was a young, young kid.
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'Tanu Weds Manu''s brilliance lies in the fact that it makes the middle class want to be aspirational.
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The first cities to create friction-free enterprise zones will get a lot of entrepreneurial traction.
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Currently, I bowl regional tournaments out of the PBA Southern Region.
