John Schnatter Quotes
When you start off broke - and we weren't broke, we were negative broke - you never forget that. You stay appreciative.

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A simple life is good with me. I don't need a whole lot. For me, a T-shirt, a pair of shorts, barefoot on a beach and I'm happy.
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I don't think it is just in the world of politics. The lack of civility in society as a whole, some of it, I believe, is very much fueled by social media and frankly, it's fueled by the fact that journalism is not journalism any more.
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I am a great believer that a captain is as good as his team.
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I venture to say no war can be long carried on against the will of the people.
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I hope that the families will understand that the contribution of women is important and can be more powerful for building a greater country.
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Even in its third century, America is still the most meritocratic nation in the world.
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My favorite subject was either English or History. I had a really awesome high school education.
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Fate was dealing from the bottom of the deck.
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People often ask me about what constitutes a nerd-friendly show - like, does it have to have sci-fi elements? But I think it's just a show that satisfies the secret craving we all have to be obsessed with something and not feel at all stupid about it.
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This very individualistic form of Protestant Christianity that became so basic in English and then American life is to a large degree responsible for the historical success of Britain and America.
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I tell young people who ask me about a future in writing not to go into it unless they get married to someone rich.
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I try and make it possible for beginners to start training MMA and not be scared of it as a sport. I try to actually give them the skill set that is necessary - to feel comfortable, maybe not on a big level. And not just Russia, but worldwide.
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I didn't appreciate how special and sometimes strange my CIA world was - until it suddenly and spectacularly ended in a newspaper column.
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If you want to save a species, simply decide to eat it. Then it will be managed - like chickens, like turkeys, like deer, like Canadian geese.
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I was raised in a very sheltered, narrow environment.
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I don't appeal to everyone well. I appeal to fewer people in a much stronger way. That's what fandom is to me, and what creates fans for everything I make.
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I'm working with published authors and some very young undergraduates and lots of people in between. They are lovely people, and they can write.
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Life is constantly supporting us and giving us gifts. It's a matter of opening ourselves to that.
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Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like bad wallpaper.
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These problems do not disappear just because we do not hear about them. There is so much more happening around the world than what is communicated to us about the top stories we do hear. We all need to look deeper and discover for ourselves.... What is the problem? Where is it? How can we help to solve it?
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Freedom is an eternal principle. Heaven disapproves of force, coercion and intimidation. Only a free people can be truly a happy people.
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Most people don’t like complexity. They would prefer the world to be simple.
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When you start off broke - and we weren't broke, we were negative broke - you never forget that. You stay appreciative.