Jolene Blalock Quotes
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For nearly a century and a half, this country deluded itself into thinking that its greatest calamity, the Civil War, had nothing to do with one of its greatest sins, enslavement. It deluded itself in this manner despite available evidence to the contrary.
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Flamethrowers have been used by many armies in many wars, including by American Marines in Korea and Vietnam. They cause horrific deaths and are thus a serious public-relations liability. The U.S. military apparently phased them out in 1978.
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The Web forces me to be disciplined and not to waste time – but before the Web was invented, there were plenty of opportunities to do that anyway.
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Mark Zuckerberg needs no introduction these days, what with all the magazine covers and morning news shows. My mother knows who he is now, and my mother can hardly turn on a computer.
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Even though I left for a year, I grew here as a Jazz man. If I'm fortunate enough to go into the Hall of Fame, I will go as a Jazz man.
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Exercise is more important than diet for me because it's a twofer. It keeps me in good physical shape, and it relieves stress. And when you're a representative of the public, there's never a shortage of things to do.
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The only reason I ever played golf in the first place was so I could afford to hunt and fish.
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Many marriages would be better if the husband and the wife clearly understood that they are on the same side.
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There's not a single country that actually approaches economics in a pure, free market, capitalist way. I like the free market - but it very much exists only in textbooks. If I had a choice, and we could live in a very pure world, I would be a supporter of the free markets.
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The crimes that become iconic etch themselves into the collective consciousness because they suggest a frightening truth: that the universe does not rely on cause and effect.
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I started off wanting one husband and seven children, but it ended up the other way around.
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Simply enjoy life and the great pleasures that come with it.
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Sadly, journalism doesn't always state the obvious.
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Most jokes state a bitter truth.
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The world, as a rule, does not live on beaches and in country clubs.
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My favorite word? It’s 'act.'
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Balance your thoughts with action. - If you spend too much time thinking about a thing, you'll never get it done.
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We don't know how God chooses martyrs. We do know that they give us the most precious gift they possess - their very lives.
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I have never been a material girl. My father always told me never to love anything that cannot love you back.
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Culture dictated from above is the enemy of folk music. Whether it's stuffy classical music or pre-engineered pop where somebody's paid tons of money to make sure that everyone hears this song a certain number of times a day - that feels like the opposite of folk music.
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The only reason that you do visual is solely for the visual. That's the only reason. It doesn't sell your music for you.
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[Peace] is the highest and most strenuous act of the soul, but an entirely harmonious act, in which all our powers and affections are blending in a beautiful proportion, and sustain and perfect one another. It is more than the silence after storms. It is as the concord of all melodious sounds ... an alliance of love with all beings, a sympathy with all that is pure and happy, a surrender of every separate will and interest, a participation of the spirit and life of the universe.... This is peace, and the true happiness of [humanity].
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I don't know where to begin with that one...the final episode is… appalling.
