John Niven Quotes
America has the largest nuclear capability in the world. All this power neither prevented 9/11 nor helped to avenge it. How could it? Who would America have attacked?
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I love CNN. I love the Cartoon Network. I mean, I thought these things up.
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There's no specific mission statement for the 'Toast.'
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I remember, one day, I just printed out about a hundred CVs, and I was running around London. I was going to modeling agencies, temping agencies, anything. I was so desperate.
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Pure geometrical regularity gives a certain pleasure to men troubled by the obscurity of outside appearance. The geometrical line is something absolutely distinct from the messiness, the confusion, and the accidental details of existing things.
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I'm not 'Will's brother' anymore. Will is my brother. I'm paving the way for all middle children out there.
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I am confident I will set foot again in Tibet in my lifetime.
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I'm the kind of person who'll have a few drinks and fall asleep at 11.
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Right now, every American is affected by high energy prices. Working families, small businesses and consumers across the country are feeling the pinch with no end in sight.
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I want to let fans know how much I appreciate them and how much I appreciate them showing interest in our music and me personally.
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It's superficial that people think I'm cool because I wear certain clothes and I have tattoos. The funniest part is, when they get to know me, they're always surprised by how nerdy I am.
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I think Obama is right when he talks about the rule of law as a cornerstone of what the United States should stand for.
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I'd always felt very strongly in the power of vocation.
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I'm usually working on eight or 10 things at once.
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Giving subsidies is a two-edged sword. Once you give it, it's very hard to take away subsidies. There's a political cost to taking away subsidies.
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I can't say I gave up totally my passion for women but almost.
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There is nothing as dead and as damned as an important thing. The things that really matter are casual, insignificant little things.
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Most of my books have been about the complex ways an individual depends on community.
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Life is a journey which is far more enjoyable when your holding hands with the ones you love
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My anekantavada is the result of the twin doctrines of satya and ahimsa.
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This is how to avoid re-creating painful situations: Take the time to discover your real intention before you act. If it is to change someone or the world so that you will feel safe or better about yourself, don't act on it, because it is an intention of fear and can create only painful consequences.
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We ask for nothing that is not ours by right, and herein lies the great moral power of our demand.
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And the English army, wheeling, started south at a gallop over the hill pass into Ettrick, followed by twenty men and eight hundred sheep in steel helmets.
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America has the largest nuclear capability in the world. All this power neither prevented 9/11 nor helped to avenge it. How could it? Who would America have attacked?
