Jon Voight Quotes
The idea of right and wrong, being righteous, acknowledging when you make a mistake, repentance - all these important things I got from my Catholic background.
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.
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We all know the epicentre of terrorism in the world today is Pakistan. The world community has to come to grips with this harsh reality.
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I started writing half a paragraph of a mystery novel, half a paragraph there, and they were terrible.
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To me, eyewear goes way beyond being a prescription. It's like makeup. It's the most incredible accessory. The shape of a frame or the color of lenses can change your whole appearance.
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After 2014, we will support a unified Afghanistan as it takes responsibility for its own future.
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I loved getting to Chagrin Falls, being by the falls; what a cute place it is.
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I've never actually directed anything I haven't made up. I've never adapted anything.
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Art has nothing to do with politics. It is the freest thing in the world.
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I come from a place where everything about me, even my body language, is saying: I mean you no harm. I smile, I laugh. Basic stuff for most people.
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But as a young kid, I never did, really have an ambition to be a farmer. I never thought, gee, I would like to farm, and I want to raise these crops. I didn't quite know what I wanted to do.
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When I watch Rumble Johnson, he's a bully. He bullies guys. He makes them go backward, and he traps them. I'm not going to allow that. If he tries to bully me, I'll stand right in front of him, and if he hits me, I'll hit him right back. And then we'll see how the bully handles it when nobody is going to run away from him.
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I've never dreamed of a story idea. I have such boring dreams.
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Come hell or high water, adopted or my own. I am going to have, I must have some kids.
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The celebration of homeownership seems to be part of a countermovement against popular owning of shares in corporations.
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I procrastinate all morning. That's when I get my office work done and answer e-mails and see what's on the Internet and do laundry.
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I have always compared our traditions of liberty, like those of Abraham Lincoln and Ho Chi Minh.
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For me, growing up in a ridiculously poor family living in dead-end neighborhoods, Superman was a deeply personal icon, one that said you can do anything if you put your mind to it. What he stood for formed the core of who I wanted to be as I grew up, and informed how I view the world and my responsibilities to other people.
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The way to resumption is to resume.
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We have lost contact with reality, the simplicity of life.
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There might come a point where I don't want to be in this industry at all.
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If he had had no education, maybe Basho could have been a much greater poet.
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There must be engagement: there must be protest.
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The idea of right and wrong, being righteous, acknowledging when you make a mistake, repentance - all these important things I got from my Catholic background.
