Jon Porter Quotes
The generosity of the American public toward the victims of Hurricane Katrina and the Tsunami has been reflected in the outpouring of support for the Pakistani earthquake victims.
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Not a lot of people get to go to the Olympics - especially with the chance I've got.
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I don't need to be motivated by anybody. Never have.
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Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.
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God made a mistake with me. I'm actually black, trapped in a white body.
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If you want your writing to be taken seriously, don't marry and have kids, and above all, don't die. But if you have to die, commit suicide. They approve of that.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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There are many challenges in the global education ecosystem: from top-down systemic issues in how educational services are organized and delivered, to bottom-up issues of curriculum effectiveness, accountability, and human resource allocation.
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I think a child requires initial years of a mother's attention, which is very important, and I did it without any thought in the world. That's what I wanted to do.
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The measure of who we are is what we do with what we have.
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I'm a real girly-girl.
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Violence is the first refuge of the violent.
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It is so funny because I was always embarrassed because I never had formal training in acting.
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I remember once doing a gig in Ireland, and there was a woman jumping around and screaming, 'I don't know what this is but I love it!' I thought that was a nice compliment.
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Intuitive versus analytical? That's a foolish choice. It's foolish, just like trying to choose between being realistic or idealistic. You need both in life.
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I was thinking about how we're so in touch with our image now. That conception of ourselves, in a very physical sense, can be oppressive. You find people wanting to be in dark places, not really see themselves, see themselves as a filtered image. A curated image.
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People, me included, have a truly emotional thing about this iPad.
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Slavery is a weed that grows on every soil.
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My parents were very pleased that I was in the army. The fact that I hated it somehow pleased them even more.
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I obviously spent a lot of time in New York City, and I loved it, but Chicago has a very different history than New York City does.
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Race wasn't an issue. My family was French, but Yorkville was a melting pot of races and cultures.
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Ultimately, the basic issue is whether America will provide global leadership that springs from the unity and the integrity of the American people, or whether extremist doctrines, the manipulation of the truth, will define America's role in the world. At stake is nothing less than our nation's soul.
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We have seen that, in another unfunded mandate, the so-called No Child Left Behind Act, which created tougher standards, and we all support that, but Congress did not provide the money to attract and hire the best teachers.
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The whole world loves American movies, blue jeans, jazz and rock and roll. It is probably a better way to get to know our country than by what politicians or airline commercials represent.
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The generosity of the American public toward the victims of Hurricane Katrina and the Tsunami has been reflected in the outpouring of support for the Pakistani earthquake victims.
