John Twelve Hawks (John Twelve Hawks) Quotes
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My children forgave me at a time when I could barely forgive myself.
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We all have original ideas. Even if we don't see ourselves as supercreative or as wild nonconformists, we have insights every day about how the world around us could be better. It might be a better way of running meetings in your office that would be less mind-numbing. It might be a little twist on a product or a service.
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I think that characters who are nice all the time and who you sympathize with can get really boring.
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If you so choose, even the unexpected setbacks can bring new and positive possibilities. If you so choose, you can find value and fulfillment in every circumstance.
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In Washington, the translation of E Pluribus Unum has been lost. The belief that we are one nation - united in purpose - caring about and for one another is no longer the practice.
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I hadn't done much rapping in a while. I really wasn't sure I was going to do that any more. For a couple years I thought I was done with that. It wasn't really required of me.
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I'm my own artist, and I see artists as movies. No one should try to change them for anything. If you don't like it, you just don't follow it. And if you don't like a movie you don't watch it. Watch another movie.
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We have a hope of succeeding if we learn from our past mistakes and pull together to make the hard choices.
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My confidence comes from knowing I do the right things in my life. I do the right things in the gym. I do the right things all together.
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The atheist, by merely being in touch with reality, appears shamefully out of touch with the fantasy life of his neighbors.
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I'm not perfect, but what's wonderful about eating a plant-based diet is, I don't have to be.
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People in Russia adapt to misery by a deep, deep humor.
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I should learn the language of a politician - give away as little and keep the rest to yourself. Not lie, I just want to be more guarded.
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I am an inventor of music.
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If the part isn't always there on the page, I've had good relationships with writers where there's an openness to bring more to the role.
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Climbing to the top demands strength, whether it is to the top of Mount Everest or to the top of your career.
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My guru said that when he suffers, it brings him closer to God. I have found this, too.
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要使文艺很好地成为整个革命机器的一个组成部分，作为团结人民、教育人民、打击敌人、消灭敌人的有力的武器，帮助人民同心同德地和敌人作斗争。
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All defensive responses to criticism are natural. (It is natural to think of our own perspective before someone else’s.)
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My dad is an economist who does global development research. What he practices is a kind of quantifiable empathy: trying to empathize with systems rather than people.
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Isolated incidents have lateral, lasting implications.
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I'm still not certain on the nature of the spork, whether it is a fork and a spoon, or a fork and a knife mixed together, or maybe a fork and a fork on top. Life is full of mysteries yeah man
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You don't need to watch everyone if everyone believes they're being watched.
