Jon Katz Quotes
There is no evidence that an animal can take on the sophisticated task of deciding to end his life and to communicate that decision to us.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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It's very important that every movie I do makes money because I want the people that had the faith in me to get their money back.
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What Washington needs is adult supervision.
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I am a great believer that a captain is as good as his team.
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Betty Ford and I were colleagues for years, working together for women's rights in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere in the country.
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Doing stunt work is risky, but it's something I enjoy.
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But acting just sort of happened and I found that I loved it. It was such a challenge.
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Where I live, nobody who's fourteen is having sex and doing major drugs. And I think if you see it in the movies, you may be influenced by it. I think it's so important to preserve your innocence.
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Starting in the third grade, my dad had me read the 'Denver Post.' I had to discuss two articles with him before dinner, and we would also watch '60 Minutes' together.
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I'm rooting for Saudi Arabia getting a seat on the U.N. Human Rights Council.
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I regard sports first and foremost as entertainment, so dry documentary narration is not for me.
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Nobody has ever convinced me that ancient aliens have visited Earth. Not even close.
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It would be curious to discover who it is to whom one writes in a diary. Possibly to some mysterious personification of one's own identity.
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I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not. I'm really confused now.
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We have the most beautiful planet - the Rockies, the purple fields of the United States, the Lake District, the Pyrenees, the turquoise seas of the tropics.
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'Doctor Who' is where my love of science fiction and fantasy started. I was introduced to it when I was 8, and I'm still an avid viewer.
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Democracy is constructed like an edifice, freedom by freedom, right by right, until it reaches its snapping point.
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HeyHey is my favourite app. It's like Instagram but for sound recordings, with little soundbites from people's days. We spend far too much time looking down at our phones, so it's nice to have your head up while you listen to what other people have uploaded.
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However fiercely opposed one may be to the present order, an old respect for the idea of order itself often prevents people from distinguishing between order and those who stand for order, and leads them in practise to respect individuals under the pretext of respecting order itself.
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A human being would certainly not grow to be seventy or eighty years old if this longevity had no meaning for the species. The afternoon of human life must also have a significance of its own and cannot be merely a pitiful appendage to life's morning.
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It is often said that everything happens for a reason, but you must embrace the perspective that it's never a reason that is predetermined or out of your control. It is always your responsibility to choose the most empowering reasons for the occurrences of your life.
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If we didn't need eight hours of sleep and could survive on six, Mother Nature would have done away with 25 percent of our sleep time millions of years ago. Because when you think about it, sleep is an idiotic thing to do.
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There is no evidence that an animal can take on the sophisticated task of deciding to end his life and to communicate that decision to us.
