John Collison Quotes
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I think Col. North is first a U.S. citizen and he has the same rights as you yourself do, sir.
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The Arab states don't seem to do a good job of providing for their own people, so I am not sure why they would suddenly develop an ability to help the Palestinians.
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While cheap products are exported to western countries, the waste is dumped mostly in China's back yard, contaminating its air, water, soil and seas.
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I don't want to wait 20 or 50 years for something to be done about petrochemical pollution.
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The type of leukemia that I am dealing with is treatable. So if I do what my doctors tell me to do - get my blood checked regularly, take my meds and consult with my doctor and follow any additional instructions he might make - I will be able to maintain my good health and live my life with a minimum of disruptions to my lifestyle.
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There seems little reason to prescribe anti-depressant medication to any but the most severely depressed patients.
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I've always worked with a team of actors and filmmakers ever since I was a kid in Michigan making Super-8 movies.
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I say 'no' to nothing, 'yes' to moderation. That's how I approach everything. No matter if it's candy or foie gras. When you have the real deal, you're satisfied with that one bite. I say go full throttle and call it a day.
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The reality is, if you were fortunate to be born to rich parents, you have a better chance of succeeding in life. And that's wrong.
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It's hard not to be the straight man when Zach Galifianakis is there. He's such a delightfully bizarre creature. Everything he does is so surprising. He's such a live wire. It's just so exciting to watch.
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It's just fun to be in Paris.
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You can't second-guess yourself as a filmmaker.
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I'm not one for Sudoku or crosswords - the thing that fires my little brain is doing tour budgets.
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It's joyful to give. But for people who want to take advantage of you, you're kind of an easy mark.
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Nepal is a beautiful country with a lot of holy places. I also like the country because it's close to the Himalayas. According to Hindu mythology, that's the abode of Lord Shiva.
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I'm a writer, so I like dissecting things.
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I love my right-wing friends, my practical friends, my bleeding heart friends - without all of these viewpoints, life would be pretty boring.
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I think it is better when people with their own businesses and means of income join politics as there is some degree of honesty and integrity.
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I don't get my ideas from reading other people.
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There are 45 million children in Africa who are not in school. While other children are learning, exploring, and growing in the myriad ways that children were meant to grow, these children are trapped in a life of constant struggle. Without education, how can they be expected to escape such struggle? How can their children?
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You can't say history teaches us this or that; it gives us more questions than answers, and many answers to every question.
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I'm a teacher, so much of what I'm doing remains in the abstract. But I also support a lot of educational initiatives that support kids to really get out there and work hard in their communities. But I also think that we need poets in our country to inspire.
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... Treachery don't come natural to beaming youth; but trust and pity, love and constancy,-they do, thank God!
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The Internet is a testament to a connected system that works - it's a global network where any computer can reach another, and easily transfer information across.
