Jon Jones Quotes
I genuinely wanted to be an inspiration to other people and inspire people and be a role model.
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I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey.
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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I think it's always best to be who you are.
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We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
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Hip-hop is an instant gratification, winners and losers circle, and often those who are losing give up after three or four, five years.
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Media play a powerful role in establishing and perpetuating social norms.
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I don't know how to say no, and that's a weakness.
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I'm fortunate to be famous for two rather imposing characters like Magneto and Gandalf.
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I am not going to say much about the film 'Maidentrip,' but I won't be representing it, as I am not fully standing behind it.
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Whenever you're in a relationship, you have that favorite song that reminds you of when you first got together or when you first kissed, and then every time you hear that song, it reminds you of that person.
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Yes, Heathrow is the U.K.'s busiest airport, but new runways or a new airport are not the answer. It is far better to focus on improving capacity.
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My name is Natasha Trethewey, and I was born in Gulfport, Mississippi, in 1966, exactly 100 years to the day that Mississippi celebrated the first Confederate Memorial Day, April 26, 1866.
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Democracy means that people can say what they want to. All the people. It means that they can vote as they wish. All the people. It means that they can worship God in any way they feel right, and that includes Christians and Jews and voodoo doctors as well.
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Be of love a little more careful than of anything.
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I take great pride in recalling that I could open in a play on Broadway or in London's West End and fill a theatre on the strength of my name - Steed's name.
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There's no substitute for the practice of meditation.
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Now I'm going to show a side of me I haven't shown before. I'm going to be fierce.
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I used to be a Democrat, now I'm basically a Republican.
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Just because you've faced your own mortality, it doesn't make it any less frightening.
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My friend George and I were walking on the beach in Norfolk, and there were thousands of [razor-clam] shells. They were so beautiful, I thought I had to do something with them. So, we decided to make [a dress] out of them. . . . The shells had outlived their usefulness on the beach, so we put them to another use on a dress. Then Erin [O’Conner] came out and trashed the dress, so their usefulness was over once again. Kind of like fashion, really.
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I can't be a role model. I just can't be.
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I believe we need to attract a new generation of the best and brightest to public service and I believe that government can be a source of inspiration, not degradation.
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I'm always writing songs, and I've got a bunch that I want to record.
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I genuinely wanted to be an inspiration to other people and inspire people and be a role model.
