John Jay Hooker Quotes
But there will be no justice, there will be no government of the people, by the people, and for the people, as long as the government and its officials permit bribery in any form.
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It was such a lovely day I thought it a pity to get up.
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The travel and tourism industry, it's just a huge part of our economy.
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Among my generation, there was a purist position that any contact with electoral politics was an unforgiveable compromise.
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The most profound change that genetics brings about might not be scientific at all. It might be mental and even spiritual enrichment: a more expansive sense of who we humans are, existentially, and where we came from, and how we fit with other life on earth.
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I didn't choose to write a military man as much as Vince Haven chose me.
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I'm from Port Arthur, Texas! Little guy! Little character guy from one of the saddest oil-refinery towns in America. And here I was driving over to Beverly Hills, to 20th Century Fox, to be on 'M*A*S*H!'
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You know, there's always someone in mind when I'm writing. You know, it's all comes from somewhere inside.
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I had more friends on my hockey team than I did on my soccer team. I might have been better at soccer, to be honest. But I think it was more the friendship, and my family was more of a hockey family than a soccer family, so when I had to make a decision, I tried hockey, and it turned out to be a good decision.
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The whole point of the kingdom of God is Jesus has come to bear witness to the true truth, which is nonviolent. When God wants to take charge of the world, he doesn't send in the tanks. He sends in the poor and the meek.
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I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.
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Only buy clothes that you plan to keep forever. It's important to see trends for what they are: a game.
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He'll call that trickle-down. I call it Niagara Falls.
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My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.
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But I knew if I ran I'd never be able to sing, so I had to take my punishment.
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I think I surprise some people because a lot of the time, I roll out of bed and go to school, and it's like I don't wear anything that interesting sometimes.
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I don't want to be a poster child for cancer.
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I just can't read music.
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There was a door to which I found no key: There was the veil through which I might not see.
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I've been writing since I was really young, so I considered myself a writer for a really long time.
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The key is that unless there is accountability, we will never get the right system. As long as there are no consequences if kids or adults don't perform, as long as the discussion is not about education and student outcomes, then we're playing a game as to who has the power.
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We must plow through the whole of language.
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Right now, my daughter's just rolling her eyes at everything I do; I'm just an embarrassment.
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But there will be no justice, there will be no government of the people, by the people, and for the people, as long as the government and its officials permit bribery in any form.
