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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Ninja is super-ambitious - more than I am.
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The realization that I'm never going to run again, the feeling through my hair when you run... you're still a kid. You still have so much life to live.
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I was in, like, nine schools by ninth grade, so I moved a ton of times when I was younger.
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I've tried to get them to understand that on the road you have to take the game. You have to win it. It's not going to be handed to you no matter what the situation is, and teams are not going to fold at home. You must take the game.
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It is worthwhile for anyone to have behind him a few generations of honest, hard-working ancestry.