John Phillips Marquand Quotes
It is worthwhile for anyone to have behind him a few generations of honest, hard-working ancestry.

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I grew up on Avenue C, and Tompkins Square Park was my park. That was where I played ball every day. I lived in that park.
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It takes a lot of help - nature, friends, family, craftsmen - for me to make what I make.
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Flag desecration is not a constitutional issue for the courts. It is a political one that belongs to the people.
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'The Old Social Classes and the Revolutionary Movement in Iraq,' by Hanna Batatu. Few may wish to take on this massive, obscure work, but it changed my life, and I love it.
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I was only 11 when we filmed the pilot. The idea of a rapper being a star on a sitcom just wasn't heard of.
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If people ask me to describe my look, I always say: 'Quite classic with an edge.'
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A sociopath doesn't warm up their environment, doesn't make it cozy. They don't have to; when they're not performing, when they're not manipulating, when they're all alone, there's nothing.
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Yeah - I wanna be the sister to Khaleesi in 'Game of Thrones.' I wanna be a dragon lady; that would be really fun!
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I figure no matter how old you are, it's always going to be your first marriage and no life experience is going to make you a better judge of who you should marry.
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I was an umpire at little league softball games. I only lasted a few games because I wasn't one hundred percent clear on all the rules.
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My way of expression is full of complications and mystery because that's my perception of life.
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The moment an athlete doesn't train, things start to get a bit rusty.
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Reason is mechanical, wit chemical, and genius organic spirit.
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I've always felt so different from how I look. I meet so many pretty girls who are like, 'Here I am! Don't you want me because I look good?' That concept is so weird to me. I want to know, 'What else do you have going on?'
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In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace we have built in Europe since 1945.
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Color is a power which directly influences the soul.
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Ninja is super-ambitious - more than I am.
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Bullying is never fun, it's a cruel and terrible thing to do to someone. If you are being bullied, it is not your fault. No one deserves to be bullied, ever.
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My parents always made education and school the number one priority. They believed that an education is the best gift you can give to your child.
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I don't set out to be connected. My business has allowed me to meet lots of interesting people, some of whom have become friends; but you can't force it. This terrible word - 'networking' - I really hate.
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We and God have business with each other, and in opening ourselves to God's influence our deepest destiny is fulfilled.
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I was raised Catholic. I didn't appreciate the guilt and sin part of it.
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We deserve to live in a world where there's no impunity, but beyond this question of impunity, there are all these structures that are actually doing a disservice to our people.
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It is worthwhile for anyone to have behind him a few generations of honest, hard-working ancestry.