Jon Huntsman, Jr. Quotes
I come from a long line of saloon keepers and proselytizers, and I draw from both sides.
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At the risk of being forgotten completely by the media, I went to college and pursued a passion that had nothing to do with acting: mathematics.
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I congratulate you, my fellow-citizens, upon the high state of prosperity to which the goodness of Divine Providence has conducted our common country.
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It's a different era. Our job now is to show leadership and vision and to help the next generation of artists.
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I never really address myself to any image anybody has of me. That's like fighting with ghosts.
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All of world's eyes are trained on the Games. So winning at that stage is heroic. It is a different feeling altogether and cannot be explained in words.
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As an actor, you always think that whatever job you have is going to be your last. In some way, shape or form, you think you're going to screw it up and you're never going to work again.
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Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.
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The first presidential election I really paid attention to was in 1988 when George H. W. Bush ran against Michael Dukakis.
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I like 'Ab Fab;' I love the crazy stuff they wear. That's my favourite! I love 'Ab Fab.'
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I was a shy gay man at a time when it was illegal to be gay.
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Nobody ever wants to really make someone feel bad.
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I've had a good life, and was born to and among people I've admired and loved.
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If audiences are sort of interested in movies that are made like McDonald's hamburgers, which do have a value in the world, then we have to re-evaluate our entire career.
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Sometimes, I think the best kind of poem is one in which there is an acute balance between what is humorous and that which is very serious. That balance is very hard to strike. But it can be done.
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I never wanted to be a public intellectual or a talking head.
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I won't name any names, but I've done a couple of shows where once the pilot got picked up, the creators openly said, 'I have no idea where we're going.'
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Ambition is the germ from which all growth of nobleness proceeds.
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I am lactose intolerant, and I always thought it was really funny how people who are lactose intolerant continue to eat dairy, because they like it so much. And I find it not acceptable.
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There's a lot more pressure on me at United. There are people out there trying to shoot you down.
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You can't have virtue without sin. What I'm after is having my characters' virtues defined by how they operate in a very sinful environment. That's how you test people.
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In his lonely solitude, the solitary man feeds upon himself; in the thronging multitude, the many feed upon him. Now choose.
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Since the beginning, Native Peoples lived a life of being in harmony with all that surrounds us.
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I can teach many sports, but obviously, tennis is the one. When you do other sports, you see things from different perspectives: different footwork drills, body positions, angles and geometry. All that stuff is helpful, and so when I do other sports, I can see things, because once you know one sport, then the other sport becomes more clear.
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I come from a long line of saloon keepers and proselytizers, and I draw from both sides.
