John Jay Hooker Quotes
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I believe in giving back.
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I believe in growth - in myself and in the characters I create.
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In 2001, America 's hospitals provided nearly $21 billion in uncompensated health care services.
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I was raised to believe that New England is the best place on the planet.
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If we pulled out of Iraq tomorrow, Islamic jihadism is on the rise. And they continue, as we see in Lebanon, to seek to destroy the State of Israel and seek to drive America back and bring us to our knees. We must stand tall and straight.
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Before my book, 'California,' came out, I had modest hopes for it. Or, let's put it this way - I had the same hopes that every literary fiction writer in America has: I wanted the novel to be well-received, critically. As for sales? I didn't want it to disappoint, but I didn't expect it to be a best-seller, either.
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I really believed that my songs were good enough for the whole world to listen to. I had fans from America or the U.K. who would be like, 'Oh my God, I love your music'.
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Jamaica has problems; America has problems; everywhere has problems.
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I have been desperate to escape for so many years now, it is routine for me to try to escape.
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I believe love at first sight is possible. Centuries of literature and art and beauty has been dedicated to that idea, so who am I to argue, even if I've never experienced it?
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I don't believe in a lot of schmoozing and buttering up. Not that you don't become friends in work. But I think it's a misconception that you have to do a lot of hanging before you work.
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We must erase bin Laden's ugly legacy, not extend it: by ending the Patriot Act's erosion of our civil liberties, we can protect the freedoms that make America worth fighting for.
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Yes, I believe the will is very important. It's how I have succeeded in life.
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I really believe deep in my soul that we're going to have to step up and face these challenges and be tough and pull together and unify and be creative and be willing to sacrifice.
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People give us credit only for what we ourselves believe.
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If, to the end of its existence, America harbors white supremacy, I don't know how remarkable that would be. France has dealt with anti-Semitism since its inception.
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The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him.
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I've got to believe I'm the first person to win the Newbery who has written a Harlequin romance!
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I have always thought of Walt Disney as my second father.
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Movies will end up being this esoteric art form, where only singular people will put films out in a small group of theaters.
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I think that artworks are like these spiritual objects: I think that they have energies and powers beyond what the eye can see.
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I'm a New Yorker. I was there during 9/11 and I saw how, not only New York City stopped for a moment, we all took an inhale and exhale at the same time - the world united at that time, and it changed my life.
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I sincerely believe blogging can save America.
