John Paul Jones Quotes
Since human wisdom cannot secure us from accidents, it is the greatest effort of reason to bear them well.
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We've been allowed to operate unmolested on the fringes of the music scene, really. That's where we enjoy it most.
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What I look at with each vote is that priority of whether it's good for the middle class or not.
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I will sign pro life bills. But what people are interested in is what we can do to create jobs, grow the economy, and keep our costs under control.
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I'm not very good in crowds, so I usually try to become as small as possible.
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It is not easy to get parts in mainstream films for most people of color. Hollywood and British writers are not writing parts for us, or the directors are not interested in casting us in parts that are color-blind.
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On 'Death Valley,' I fought this werewolf, and he was picking me up and slamming me down. They put padding down in the garbage so he could really slam me down. They're flying around and I'm doing these jumping flying triangles pulling the guy down. It's just fun.
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People don't believe in me very much, but I have my teammates and my family that believe in me so much; they see how hard I work.
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Facetiousness is allowable when it is the most proper instrument of exposing things apparently base and vile to due contempt.
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If my client calls me and says, 'I'm going to a friend's premiere,' I'll say, 'Come over and let's do something cute.' And I won't bill them for that.
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I have the strange ability to shut things out.
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I'm lighter now in a lot of ways.
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Everyone is going to have to step up to the plate.
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A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table, than when his wife talks Greek.
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A lot of people think I had such a rosy career, but I wanted to identify that one of the things that helps you have a long career is learning how to deal with adversity, how to get past it. Once I learned how to get through that, others things didn't seem so hard.
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I live for the text. It's my job.
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If people think I look good, it's the make-up.
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A Microsoft-Yahoo merger is a deal only an investment banker could love.
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A constant struggle, a ceaseless battle to bring success from inhospitable surroundings, is the price of all great achievements.
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Our music comes from our hearts - and it always has.
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I think the future of psychotherapy and psychology is in the school system. We need to teach every child how to rarely seriously disturb himself or herself and how to overcome disturbance when it occurs.
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To me, God is the accumulated wisdom I've gathered throughout my life. When I pay attention, my body gives me a printout of this wisdom.
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I am very busy, life is very busy, and I was, I think, a somewhat lazy friend. I love them, I know they love me, but I didn't make much of an effort.
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Like us many have spoken over this spring, but they were gone in the twinkling of an eye.
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Since human wisdom cannot secure us from accidents, it is the greatest effort of reason to bear them well.
