Jon Jones Quotes
I put pressure on myself and feel pressure from my fans to not only win but to look great doing it.
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Hizbullah is not a militia.
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This invisibility, however, means that the opportunities for creative research are infinite.
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I think, aesthetically, car design is so interesting - the dashboards, the steering wheels, and the beauty of the mechanics. I don't know how any of it works, I don't want to know, but it's inspirational.
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I said if I have a No. 1, I'll do a naked photo shoot! I'm not sure a lot of people would like to see that, but it was more to the fans, really. Every gig I do, they try to get me to take my clothes off, so it's a promise to them - if I get a No. 1, I'll happily do a naked shoot.
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Be careful the environment you choose for it will shape you; be careful the friends you choose for you will become like them.
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I believe nobody is stronger than the state. So the state would be strong, and we have to work altogether to make the strength of the state.
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I am no fashion diva - I grew up on the beaches in South Africa and am a nature girl that spends a lot of time outdoors. Fashion speaks to me through an occasion.
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Constant reference to a 'war on terror' did accomplish one major objective: It stimulated the emergence of a culture of fear.
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When I chose Mississippi State, of course I dreamed about being a big-time college football player. But I'm so grateful that actually became a reality - and it became a reality in a small town.
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Everyone thought I was going to die like a year later, they didn't know. So I helped educate sports, and then the world, that a man living with HIV can play basketball. He's not going to give it to anybody by playing basketball.
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When it comes to working out, I really don't like the gym. I go because I have to, but I'm usually not happy about it. I do what my trainer and coaches tell me to do, but I'm always anxious to get outside.
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In real life, I'm pretty much an eternal optimist.
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I think I'm a good judge of character.
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I want to be judged by who I am, not by a relationship.
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Those who get stuck doing the same things for too long are bound to get left behind the strong who press on and re-invent themselves.
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My parents were ordinary people; we lived in a small apartment.
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I do take this insane pleasure in world-building. I get the world in my head, but I have to make sure everyone else gets it.
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Too many times, the international community has not prepared the post-conflict period in time.
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It was an amazing childhood, despite what you might think about black struggle and poor neighbourhoods and the ghetto. My mother was an educated, budding linguist who really inspired us. Some of the leading indicators of success in the world have to do with how many books are in the house when you're a kid.
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Life is going to happen to you no matter what weight you are, no matter how famous you are, no matter how much money you have in the bank. No one gets a free pass.
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My great grandfather had been the neighbourhood 'horse whisperer,' so I've probably loved horses since I was an embryo. Whenever I watched cowboy films as a small child, I wasn't watching the hunky cowboys - which I'd probably do now - I was watching the horses. Even now, I love sitting in the field just watching the way they move.
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The power that is supported by force alone will have cause often to tremble.
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You never know what's going to happen next onstage.
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I put pressure on myself and feel pressure from my fans to not only win but to look great doing it.
