John Blair Quotes
It is important that people support prisoners of the Italian state like Joe in whatever way they can. I was not allowed contact with a lawyer for the first 24 hours, and no phone calls were permitted, but apparently telegrams have been getting through to Joe.
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It's a combination of life being unpredictable, and you being super dumb.
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My memory of my home was that it was very happy, and that there was more fun and life there than there was anywhere else.
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If we could all figure out a way to just be true to ourselves and have a good time doing what we're doing, it would be a lot more fun.
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I think that black people, to a degree, need to have a certain level of dexterity. If we want to be at the highest level of whatever our field is, we have to be able to navigate both worlds. We all just know that you gotta be able to put that suit on and have a conversation with people that don't look like you or your family.
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Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order, and the right of peaceful protest.
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Belgian chocolate is my weakness. I like over 72 percent cacao, which shows you how much of a dark chocolate snob I am.
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Not every woman has time to go to a salon and have her hair blow-dried every day.
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Most of the press is in league with government, or with the status quo.
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Creativity runs across many categories in life, from the arts-and-crafts project a mum or dad does with their kids, to the bestselling author's manuscript, to the designs of the hairdresser, to the creations of the computer programming genius.
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I am the son of peasants and I know what is happening in the villages. That is why I wanted to take revenge, and I regret nothing.
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The Zionist movement gave political expression to our claim to the land of Israel. And in 1922, the League of Nations recognized the justice of this claim.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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I've been reading tabloids since I was nine. I love a good story.
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The whole fame question is one that is constantly intriguing to me. I think that fame is something that other people create about you. Whether you jump into that or not is up to you – and whether you have the talents for jumping into it or not.
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I can't watch a Mayweather fight. I don't find it exciting.
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A lot of the time when I write about the person that I love, I feel like I'm writing about New York.
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In 2001, I moved from Philly to Atlanta, where I lived for six years. I had never lived anywhere but Philly, and you can imagine the culture shock; the Civil War seeps into daily life and conversation down South in a way it never does up North.
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There's a difference between being posh and being rich.
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Justice is what love sounds like when it speaks in public.
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Vulgarity is, in reality, nothing but a modern, chic, pert descendant of the goddess Dullness.
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My father superintended the English part of my education, and to his care I am indebted for anything valuable which I may have acquired in my youth. He was my only intelligent companion, and was both a watchful parent and an affectionate friend.
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The McCain-Feingold limit on how much you give a candidate didn't really work because people found ways to get around it.
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There are so many people who are arguing or fighting over issues which don't have much relevance. We must all realise it is not worth it.
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It is important that people support prisoners of the Italian state like Joe in whatever way they can. I was not allowed contact with a lawyer for the first 24 hours, and no phone calls were permitted, but apparently telegrams have been getting through to Joe.
