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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One morning I woke up and was plunged into psychological shock. I had forgotten I was free.
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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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Years ago women of my size were considered royalty.
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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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I know of no country in which there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.
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My memories of Vatican II center on white parishioners turning away from me when I went to shake their hands at Mass during the sign of peace.
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You've got to do what's right, or what you think is right. And you've got to make tough decisions. And you've got to be willing to take on your friends when you disagree with them.
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I'm not against women. I'm not against men. I just write about me telling my side of how I would say something.
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It's gone on my whole life, this David and Goliath syndrome that a lot of these smaller guys always have. They think the only reason I've ever had any success in my career is because of my physical size. And you know what? If that's the case, so be it. I really don't care. Because I have that size.
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It is worthwhile for anyone to have behind him a few generations of honest, hard-working ancestry.
