Jon Crosby Quotes
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Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design.
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I'm so tired of stories starting, 'Maud Jones was walking her dog down Broadway.' You've got to go over to the back page somewhere to finally find out the damn dog was run over by a truck. Get the thing told, for heaven's sake. Everybody doesn't have to be an O. Henry.
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I've done some really off-the-wall stuff and stuff that people might not expect. That's one way to work through people's expectations of you.
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I seriously do not think Nirvana is grunge.
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I'm looking to expand my portfolio while I'm on top and while I'm young.
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I really detest movies like 'Indecent Proposal' and 'Pretty Woman' because they send a message to women that sleeping with a rich man is the ultimate goal and really that's such a small part of it.
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I love working with the right actor, and if the right actor happens to be unknown, that should be allowed, too, I think.
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Well - I was brought up as a Southern Baptist.
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I want to evolve each season. I never want to be one of those brands where people know what they're going to see. I always want an element of surprise. One thing I never want to do is copy what anybody else is doing. I have a signature, and it's very important to me to stay true to that.
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I enjoy the challenge of trying to say things beautifully. The message is secondary in that sense. Obviously, I have something that I want to say that's very, very important to me – but the process of actually crafting it is essential.
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I suspect people always thought I had a boyfriend, so nobody came after me.
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Human beings are at their core defined by what they worship rather than primarily by what they think, know, or believe. That is bound up with the central Augustinian claim that we are what we love.
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The writing part of my life never changes, because that's just when the inspiration comes.
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I was good at math, math was my thing - but I was not nearly good enough to be an astrophysicist. I was way outta my league. I realized this very quickly.
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The feminists who are aware of the effects of patriarchy realize that we are all in the same boat from the dangers of patriarchy, and that the oppression of women is universal.
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I don't believe in God. I do believe in Judaism. I believe in ethics, morals.
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War expands government powers. The trouble is that, when the war goes away, the government powers do not.
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When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate.
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Orange blossom water would make a magical addition to your store cupboard.
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I record my radio show, and my staff makes me a nice lunch in the kitchen, usually fish - whatever's freshest and line-caught - and a salad. I drink water and herbal tea, a blend of catnip, elderberry, and horehound.
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A person without a memory is either a child or an amnesiac. A country without a memory is neither a child nor an amnesiac, but neither is it a country.
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I need to think about 'Make sure you drink your water.' That's the kind of person I am.
