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.
Quotes to Explore
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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'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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In every European nation, there have been problems in history when the society was too divided.
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One of the reasons I got really fat when I left home was because I thought rich people ate white bread and Spam. I also thought they could get processed meals, because we never did, so that was exciting.
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I could not have the honour of being a German soldier because of my imprisonment in the First World War. And in this world war the Fuehrer refuses to allow me to serve as a soldier.
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The way that I sort of direct the writers is, let's do the best story we can. Let's not worry about production issues. 'How much will that cost? How are we going to shoot that?' Let's not set up those constraints on the writing. I don't think it helps the project to work like that.
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I can't imagine people telling me what to do - I just can't imagine it.
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While I am busy with little things, I am not required to do greater things.
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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.
