John Jay Hooker Quotes

Therefore, until the day I die, I am going to do what I can, regardless of the cost to me, to try to stop this awful corruption that is destroying our beloved democracy.

John Jay Hooker

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• It is nothing to die. It is frightful not to live.

  

  Victor Hugo
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  • Die
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• Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance.

  

  H. L. Mencken
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  • Democracy
  • Ignorance

• Every generation witnesses atrocities. People in power try to fulfill prophecy.

  

  Nas
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  • Power
  • Generation

• After doing a juice cleanse, I'm motivated to eat healthier and not emotionally. Cleansing is like my meditation. It makes me stop, focus and think about what I'm putting into my body. I'm making a commitment to my health and hitting the reset button.

  

  Salma Hayek
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• People die because they find living too painful.

  

  Malcolm Fraser
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  • Die
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• However and wherever we are, we must live as if we will never die.

  

  Nazim Hikmet
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  • Die
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• Democracy is not merely a form of government. It is primarily a mode of associated living, of conjoint communicated experience. It is essentially an attitude of respect and reverence towards fellow men.

  

  Babasaheb
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• 'Carousel,' please! I would die to do that.

  

  Laura Osnes
  • Die
  • Would
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• In politics, you never know who's going to die, retire, or - in Illinois - get indicted.

  

  Aaron Schock
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  • Die
  • Politics

• I have my website, The Ruckus, which is an Internet site, similar to the Funny or Die format, where people post funny videos. I get a chance to rate their videos; they get a chance to blog and kick it with me.

  

  J. B. Smoove
  • People
  • Funny
  • Die

• If you work hard in real life, people tend to get in your way - either from inertia or prejudice - and they stop you achieving things. It's the worst thing about real life compared with sports, where you generally get what you deserve: if you're the fastest guy, you win; there are no other games being played.

  

  Daley Thompson
  • People
  • Life
  • Work

• It usually takes me 20 to 90 minutes to write a song because once I start, I don't stop. If I start writing a song, and you try to have a conversation with me, you're a bad person.

  

  Halsey
  • Writing
  • Bad
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• The universe is always speaking to us... sending us little messages, causing coincidences and serendipities, reminding us to stop, to look around, to believe in something else, something more.

  

  Nancy Thayer
  • Believe
  • Stop
  • Universe

• Arab society features apartheid of women, apartheid of homosexuals, and apartheid of Christians, Jews, and democracy.

  

  Yair Lapid
  • Women
  • Society
  • Democracy

• I've had problems with my throat over the years, playing with loud bands for years, and I've had bruised vocal chords and nodules.

  

  Aaron Neville
  • Years
  • Problems
  • Over

• I think it is absolutely essential in a democracy to have competition in the media, a lot of competition, and we seem to be moving away from that.

  

  Walter Cronkite
  • Moving
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• For the price of a couple of Happy Meals, you can buy a digital textbook and stop your child from having to carry around a six-pound book.

  

  Osman Rashid
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  • Stop

• Only the young die good.

  

  Oliver Herford
  • Good
  • Die
  • Young

• But the bottom line is that I am still willing to die a painful public death, assuming my execution destroys the game of soccer (or - at the very least - convinces people to shut up about it).

  

  Chuck Klosterman
  • People
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• Listening in response to criticism mandates a shift in our internal psyche that marks perhaps the most important single evolutionary shift humans can make.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Important
  • Single
  • Listening

• Time dissolves in summer anyway: days are long, weekends longer. Hours get all thin and watery when you are lost in the book you'd never otherwise have time to read. Senses are sharper - something about the moist air and bright light and fruit in season - and so memories stir and startle.

  

  Nancy Gibbs
  • Time
  • Long
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• Taking a principled and consistent stance over Iraq has attracted much criticism from our detractors and opponents.

  

  Charles Kennedy
  • Criticism

• If you're not a victim, and you don't need help, then you're definitely seen as a threat as a woman.

  

  Kristin Lehman
  • Help

• Therefore, until the day I die, I am going to do what I can, regardless of the cost to me, to try to stop this awful corruption that is destroying our beloved democracy.

  

  John Jay Hooker
  • Stop
  • Die
  • Democracy