Jeffrey Ross Hyman (Joey Ramone) Quotes
To me, John Lennon and Elvis Presley were punks, because they made music that evoked those emotions in people.
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I've had a pretty charmed life, so there's nothing that I need to take too seriously right now.
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It doesn't matter how much you want. What really matters is how much you want it. The extent and complexity of the problem does not matter was much as does the willingness to solve it.
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I am a proud Zionist. I can tell you about every blossom that grows in this land. I know the history and the Bible.
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You are important enough to ask and you are blessed enough to receive back.
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I don't care tuppence whether I'm forced into a leadership position or not. I'd much sooner not.
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We need leaders who will stand unapologetically in defense of marriage.
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It would make everything I worked for meaningless if baseball is integrated but political parties were segregated.
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Everybody in the black community must organize, and then we decide whether we will have alliance with other people or not, but not until we are organized.
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I hope Obama gets scary in the next four years, 'cuz he ain't gotta worry about getting re-elected.
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I think that everyone should get married at least once, so you can see what a silly, outdated institution it is.
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I have managed to infuriate the bank bosses; acquire a fatwa from the revolutionary guards of the trades union movement; frighten the 'Daily Telegraph' with a progressive graduate payment; and upset very rich people who are trying to dodge British taxes. I must be doing something right.
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He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw.
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I am a certified yoga teacher and I love to cycle and swim.
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Only the other world has substance and reality; only good deeds and holy learning have tangible worth.
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I knew on the day that I accepted my job at CNN that a ratings victory at 8 P.M. was going to be a formidable challenge. As I have been told over and over, this is the toughest time slot in cable news.
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You can't be preachy - kids are allergic to messages.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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I know that people in fashion and people in general hate to be filmed.
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Everyone asks me, 'Why do you choose such subversive or shocking themes?' but when I'm alone in my office, I'm not like, 'OK I'm going to shock.' I want to write about a character who fascinates me, someone who I don't understand.
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The familiar can feel good - especially with so much uncertainty when we turn on the news. But it doesn't uplift us, challenge us, or inspire anew as truly original work can.
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When I got my success, I became decadent for a while. This was 2003 to 2008. I fell for tiramisu really hard. I've become more moderate since, because African-Americans are prone to diabetes.
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It's not a question that people have a very negative image of Chicago. They just don't think about it.
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We live in a decaying age. Young people no longer respect their parents. They are rude and impatient. They frequently inhabit taverns and have no self control.
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To me, John Lennon and Elvis Presley were punks, because they made music that evoked those emotions in people.
