John Paul Jones Quotes
I could heartily wish that every commission officer was to be previously examined; for, to my certain knowledge, there are persons who have already crept into commission without abilities or fit qualification: I am myself far from desiring to be excused.
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In the past, in the '60s and '70s, genres were much more segmented. You had action guys who were deadly serious about it, and I think you had comics that were comics.
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I am a passionate civil libertarian.
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I wouldn't want to be remembered as the guy who contaminated a perfectly legitimate form of protest art with money and celebrities.
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People shouldn't have to spend a lot of money to get high-quality clothing.
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As a writer, one is obliged to release her words, to let them live in the world on their own.
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I would think about the outcome. Visualize sometimes. Because it never comes out the way you want it to. Fight the way I know how to fight. Whatever comes up, comes up.
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If gender is on a spectrum, where one finds oneself is completely unique.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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Economics has paid a terrible price for its dalliances with the Keynesian and neoclassical theories.
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Getting money is not all a man's business: to cultivate kindness is a valuable part of the business of life.
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Being able to breathe underwater would be sweet.
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I was with the CIA for only three years. I worked in the Directorate of Operations, which is now called the National Clandestine Service. It's the part of the organization where the spies live. I didn't have much experience beyond the training.
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Yeah, I kind of grew up in front of the camera: I started modeling when I was two.
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When you dance and move around it creates a different reaction from the audience - they love it.
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Green is one of my favorite colors - emerald green.
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I wrote about wasting time, which I suppose is a part of the great human journey. We're supposed to wallow, to go through the desert without water for a long time so that when we finally drink it, we'll truly need it and we won't spill a drop. It's about being present.
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Loving a child doesn't mean giving in to all his whims; to love him is to bring out the best in him, to teach him to love what is difficult.
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You cannot bring about prosperity without discouraging thrift.
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I know I play into that image out there, but I try to say it is a fantasy. I look at my own pictures and wish I could look like that. There are probably five people in this whole entire world who actually look like that.
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With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you. I most devoutly wish that your later days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable. I cannot... I cannot come to each of you but shall feel obliged if each of you will come and take me by the hand.
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If life doesn't offer a game worth playing, then invent a new one.
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A vase of unbaked clay, when broken, may be remoulded, but not a baked one.
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I could heartily wish that every commission officer was to be previously examined; for, to my certain knowledge, there are persons who have already crept into commission without abilities or fit qualification: I am myself far from desiring to be excused.
