Jon Porter Quotes
As we continue to fight the War on Terror, it is imperative that we protect America's fallen heroes by ensuring that they are treated with respect, while being laid to rest.
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
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I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft.
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We had a good time mucking about during 'Band of Brothers' when we were young and single.
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Indonesia's diversity is formidable: some thirteen and a half thousand islands, two hundred and fifty million people, around three hundred and sixty ethnic groups, and more than seven hundred languages.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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My first book, 'In Praise of Slowness,' examines how the world got stuck in fast-forward and chronicles a global trend towards putting on the brakes. That trend is called the Slow movement. 'Slow' in this context does not mean doing everything at a snail's pace. It means doing everything at the right speed.
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The taps with the bat on the spikes are one for my grandmother, one for my grandfather, one for my little sister. Then the one on the helmet is showing faith in God that I can do it.
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When people treat you mean, you dislike them for that, but not because of their person, who they are. I was born and raised in a segregated society, but when I left there, I had nobody I disliked other than the people that'd mistreated me, and that only lasted for as long as they were mistreating me.
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I've kind of blocked it out, but a good friend affectionately reminded me that yes, I was a dork. I was not a cool kid in high school.
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The '80s made up for all the abuse I took during the '70s. I outlived all my critics. By the time I retired, everybody saw me as a venerable institution. Things do change.
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When I was 13 or 14, my mother used to gift me books that I was dying to read. Those are my most memorable birthday gifts.
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I've always been honest with my fans, and I want to keep that up because I feel they can see through the fakeness.
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All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.
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Let me die because I do not want to see the sun again.
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
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With any kind of mean girl, or anyone who bullies anyone, there's always a reason for it. There is that sadness in them or insecurity that makes them feel like they need to act out or hurt other people.
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I will negotiate with my worst enemy.
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If I went in to pitch this show to a network, I would be laughed out of the room.
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Politics does not bother corporate power. Whoever wins, they win. Both parties represent Wall Street over Main Street. Wall Street is embedded in the federal government.
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I had to feign interest in all this nonsense until I could ask when I could come over and sit on his face. I didn't say that out loud, of course. I never say the things I really want to. If I did, I'd have no friends.
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I've written quite a few things, but I've put it on hold for now to see how everything fits together. Then I'll approach it and write specifically to see how the pieces fit in the puzzle.
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Martin Luther King said, and it is sadly still true, that one of the most segregated times in America is the hour of worship.
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The Democrats have concocted this whole phony 'war on women' narrative simply to mask their dreadful record on the economy and jobs.
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As we continue to fight the War on Terror, it is imperative that we protect America's fallen heroes by ensuring that they are treated with respect, while being laid to rest.
