Johnny Van Zant Quotes
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If you saw a dog going to be crushed under a car, wouldn't you help him?
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If you have a movie coming out, and people are talking about you, the amount of scripts will build.
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There's a long tradition of black folks pleading with white people. It's a tradition that emerges from political necessity, so I get it; I'm just not very interested in it.
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I don't think there's any formula for what makes great art.
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I tend to play characters that I can infuse with certain kinds of humour. Even the baddest guy can be funny in his own particular way. I want the audience to engage with the character on some deeper level so that they leave the cinema still thinking about him.
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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I never underestimate my opponent, but I never underestimate my talents.
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If you write a novel alone you sit and you weave a little narrative. And it's O.K., but it's of no account.
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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
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Like art and politics, gangsterism is a very important avenue of assimilation into society.
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If you believe that your thoughts originate inside your brain, do you also believe that television shows are made inside your television set?
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If I could give you information of my life, it would be to show how a woman of very ordinary ability has been led by God in strange and unaccustomed paths to do In His service what He has done in her. And if I could tell you all, you would see how God has done all, and I nothing.
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I feel like I've exhausted guys and male friendships.
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The black community now in many ways divided itself the way the larger white community divides itself, over class issues. And that race is no longer the bond that it once was. That's one of the prices you pay for progress.
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Still falls the rain - dark as the world of man, black as our loss - blind as the nineteen hundred and forty nails upon the Cross.
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I would say colonialism is a wonderful thing. It spread civilization to Africa. Before it they had no written language, no wheel as we know it, no schools, no hospitals, not even normal clothing.
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It used to be that you needed a $500-million-a-year company in order to reach a worldwide audience of consumers. Now, all you need is a Steam account. That changes a whole bunch of stuff. It's kind of a boring 'gee, information processing changes a stuff' story, but it's going to have an impact on every single company.
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The National Surveillance State doesn't want anyone to be able to communicate without the authorities being able to monitor that communication.
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Of all presidential perks, the pardon power has a special significance. It is just the kind of authority that would attract the special attention of someone obsessed with himself and his own ability to influence events.
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Growing up I studied classically and did lots of shows in school.
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I don't like labels. I don't understand the need for them. When you define yourself a certain way, people have expectations.
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When you set a goal for yourself, you do what you need to.
