John Sergeant Wise Quotes
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I never could get on with representative individuals but people who existed on their own account and with whom it might therefore be possible to be friends.
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War is the greatest failure of mankind.
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You cannot force a state to be demilitarized. Even if a state enters a treaty where it commits to be demilitarized, there's no way to reverse statehood if it violates it.
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I always thought that one day I would be somebody. I would be successful in music, and I would have fans that cared about my music. At the same time, I really feel like an ordinary guy; I have been an ordinary guy forever.
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If I can hit the ball the way I want to hit it on the range, I'd rather do that than play golf. I just love the feeling of hitting good golf shots.
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I don't think there are any men who are faithful to their wives.
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Compromise has a negative connotation.
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Let us take our children seriously! Everything else follows from this... only the best is good enough for a child.
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The creative part of your brain needs to be stimulated. Sometimes you get blocked in the thing you do, because there's so much pressure to do it.
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All churches and all religions contain aspects of the truth, but only God is truth.
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'Steve Jobs' is my seventh movie. I believe, if you added them up, I don't think there is more than a total of 10 minutes that takes place in a person's home. They're all in offices, courtrooms, laboratories, things like that.
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Young people deserve stable employment opportunities and not mountains of debt. When young people can access the middle class, America is strengthened.
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Neglect of appearance becomes men.
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I know that in my own mind, I struggle with a desire to be both entirely absent and entirely present in any given moment.
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A human person is infinitely precious and must be unconditionally protected.
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Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.
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quoted in American Character: A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good (2015)
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Man must act in such a way that the whole of his individuality lies in each moment.
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Out of the bliss comes magic, wonderment and creativity.
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I sort of feel I'm only as good as the last record I made. I was on as soon as I finish it I immediately put it aside and move on to the next project.
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Growing up, I was listening to a ton of Motown music, Otis Redding, Aretha, and then there was the Beatles and Led Zeppelin and Janis Joplin. These were all people that I felt as though they truly felt every single lyric they said, and they weren't afraid of imperfection.
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I used to feel like I had to be the best at what I did, but I realized I don't have to be the best. It's so freeing. I've never been this happy.
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John Brown was tried for treason, murder, and inciting slaves to insurrection.
