Joe Klein Quotes
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Rushing to war is not a wise course of action.
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But in action, one defies one's character.
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I'd like to do something where there's a strong female character and some action. I've done a few stunts in the past.
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Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.
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Nevertheless, this one fact should be apparent: turning the other cheek is a bribe. It is a valid form of action for only so long as the Christian is impotent politically or militarily.
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Patriotism has no appeal to us; justice has. Party has no weight with us; principle has. Loyalty is meaningless; it depends on what one is loyal to.
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You don't have to buy from anyone. You don't have to work at any particular job. You don't have to participate in any given relationship. You can choose.
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I would really like to do a straight action movie that's hardcore - heavy action, like 'The Expendables' or 'Fast Five.'
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In conversion you are not attached primarily to an order, nor to an institution, nor a movement, nor a set of beliefs, nor a code of action - you are attached primarily to a Person, and secondarily to these other things.
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I've gone out on limbs, flung far, and Forrest-Gumped my way into the center of the action.
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When I was really small, my mother had difficulty keeping me dressed, as I liked to be naked! I definitely had very strong ideas on what I wanted to wear. My favourite look was always Action Man and Spiderman. Now though, I really like beautiful clothes.
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Washington is designed not to solve problems. Congress is so beholden to the money that any solution in the general interest will be frustrated and subverted by the corporate interests who feel they will be damaged by progress, fair play and justice.
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Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.
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We need to incorporate that age-old concept of redemption into the work that we do in the criminal justice system in California.
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My alignment is with what I perceive as just and fair. If it's with the Muslims, then I'm with the Muslims, if it's with the West then I'm with the West. It's about justice and fairness.
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I do think that this planet is a totally unjust planet. I mean throughout history - history paints a beautiful picture when it's written by the victorious, but it's a planet that belongs to the strong and the more able, and usually they are tyrants. So basically, I don't see justice happening to the crushed and the weak.
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He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us.
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Action is character.
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Every soul, the philosopher says, is involuntarily deprived of truth; consequently in the same way it is deprived of justice and temperance and benevolence and everything of the kind. It is most necessary to keep this in mind, for thus thou wilt be more gentle towards all.
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God calls us to care for our fellow man, especially the neediest. I feel that call to lift up the less fortunate; the call to improve our communities and our state. It drives me to serve Louisiana as governor.
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One lawyer told me that he never drinks water or eats in front of the jury because they can't do either one.
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In the world in which we live, truth is an ancillary virtue, but it shouldn't be.
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I think a big part of success in football is mental, not physical. How you are inside your head matters more.
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Affirmative action was always racial justice on the cheap.
