Joe Jamail Quotes
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Most people who aspire to be president don't have a foreign policy and national security background. The exception was certainly Hillary Clinton.
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I have asked my mom and my sister a couple times if I should post something or not. Or if they think a video is funny.
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I don't fear anyone. We don't come to play in this sport.
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Most artists I run into aren't that thrilled with what they do anyway. They are glad to have different versions out there to see which one the audience likes the best.
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The function of the press in society is to inform, but its role in society is to make money.
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I don't aim for perfection. But I do want to try and come up with something interesting.
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Even if it happened in real life - and oftentimes, especially if it happened in real life - it might not work in fiction.
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I pick the wrong kinds of guys, but they're so hot.
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Many novice writers try to avoid using 'said' by substituting synonyms: 'he uttered,' 'she murmured,' 'he questioned.' It's true that any word repeated too often becomes monotonous, but substitutions for 'said' can be worse than its repetition.
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I've been singing since I was 8 years old and working in clubs since I was 14. I've been working full time since I was 16.
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I was a hacker of sorts. Not a mind 'reader,' exactly; more a mind 'radar,' in tune with the workings of the aether. I could sense the nuances of dreamscapes and rogue spirits. Things outside myself. Things the average voyant wouldn't feel.
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How strange a thing like that happens to a man. He dabbles in something and does not realise that it is his life.
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Class - or the economic status of individuals - is evident in all societies, some very well stratified by a rigid caste system determined by birth.
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When you develop a reputation for being responsive and generous, an ever-expanding mountain of requests will come your way.
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Now, on nights that I can't sleep, I play video games alone until the morning.
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Fame is very isolating. It changes your reality.
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A period of time is as much an organising principle for a work of fiction as a sense of place. You can do geography, as Faulkner did, or you can dwell on a particular period. It provides the same framework.
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I feel very friendly towards your country, but make no mistake I will always be an Indian first.
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The Internet is too transformative for incumbents to not want to try to stifle or curb it - incumbents in the sense of multinational corporations, governments, take your pick.
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Every serious nuclear accident involves operator error, so you want to eliminate the operator altogether.
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The computer should be doing the hard work. That's what it's paid to do, after all.
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Taoism taught me to focus on the process and not to be attached to preconceived ideas of what I thought the outcome should be.
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I always try to design fashion that is interesting and innovative, and I like to break traditions and challenge people's expectations.
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I'm a very egotistical person.
