John Paul DeJoria Quotes
In philanthropy, many of us give a little bit and each year we give more and more to see what actually works and not just throw money out there and see if it's going to work. If the government did the same thing, fabulous.
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I used to sing in jazz clubs with a friend until she went another way.
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You set your goals to a point where they're attainable, but far enough away that you have to really go get them. And every year I push my goals a little bit farther away, and every year I work a little bit harder to get them.
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I was never that kid who used to brag about anything.
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To worship the product and ignore its development leads to dilettantism and reaction.
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Early in 1986, the World Health Organization in Geneva still regarded AIDS as an ailment of the promiscuous few.
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My short stories have always pushed twenty pages. That's no length for a short story to be. You either do them short like Carver or you stop trying.
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Please know that being 80 is not a scary thing. When you're 80, your life is much freer.
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I was with the Jessie Bonstelle Stock Company in Detroit and Buffalo for three seasons - 10 performances and a new play every week. She was an amazing woman who did a great deal for me.
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I don't care about the quality of the film as a whole, but I loved 'Salt.' I loved it!
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I didn't have a sweet tooth, but I liked butter, and I liked sauces, and I liked wine... and curry... and cheeses.
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I don't look at myself as suffering.
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Honestly, I'd love to say I live this amazing Hollywood lifestyle, but actually, I'm at home with my same friends and cooking. I crochet, I do watercolor. I think what surprised me the most is that that isn't the lifestyle everyone necessarily lives.
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He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.
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I own a guitar, a piano, a bass.
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Good analysis is very useful when you want to convert a political decision into an investment. It can also go the other way and drive policy.
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I am a contradiction myself. I'm always looking for something that scares me because when I'm not scared, I'm not stimulated.
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Books have always helped me make sense of things. With any life experience, you can find someone who has documented it in a poetic way.
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People just can't wrap their heads around two young black women in a major production.
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I like science fiction. I took all the accelerated classes in school. I'm kind of a dork.
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In general, I feel very happy with how I got to have time on my own at least a little bit outside of the public eye.
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It's perfectly obvious that somebody's responsible and somebody's innocent. Otherwise it [justice] makes no sense at all.
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I don't play in any tournaments to come second best.
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I'd like to think life has improved since 1850, despite the long hours we all seem to spend slaving over hot computers, but the psychological journeys remain the same - the search for love, identity, a meaningful place in the world.
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In philanthropy, many of us give a little bit and each year we give more and more to see what actually works and not just throw money out there and see if it's going to work. If the government did the same thing, fabulous.
