Jon Voight Quotes

I was caught up in the hysteria during the Vietnam era, which was brought about through Marxist propaganda underlying the so-called peace movement.

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• One must always try to see the truth of a situation - it makes things universal.

  

  V. S. Naipaul
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• We need to have Turkey respect democracy, human rights, and fundamental freedoms.

  

  Federica Mogherini
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• I belong to a specific category of writers, those who speak and write in a language different from that of their parents.

  

  Tahar Ben Jelloun
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• Life consists in what a man is thinking of all day.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
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• I spent half my life being hurt. The leftovers of hurt are an automatic gesture, like a dog that salivates.

  

  Oleg Cassini
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• Eventually, I grew out of my interest in motorcycles because they're quite dangerous. I don't ride them anymore. But I have this history.

  

  Rachel Kushner
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• Life isn't about quantity, it's about quality.

  

  Malorie Blackman
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• I really, really love Daniel Craig as Bond.

  

  Naomie Harris
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• Change is a continuous process. You cannot assess it with the static yardstick of a limited time frame. When a seed is sown into the ground, you cannot immediately see the plant. You have to be patient. With time, it grows into a large tree. And then the flowers bloom, and only then can the fruits be plucked.

  

  Mamata Banerjee
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• In high school, my English teacher Celeste McMenamin introduced me to the great novels and Shakespeare and taught me how to write. Essays, poetry, critical analysis. Writing is a skill that was painful then but a love of mine now.

  

  Aaron Lazar
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• I've always been more of a camera hog than anything, and it's just another way to get it all out!

  

  Carly Schroeder
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• I was the highest-paid street performer, probably, in the history of Chicago. I was making like $800 a day.

  

  R. Kelly
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• St. Louis sprawls where mighty rivers meet - as broad as Philadelphia, but three stories high instead of two, with wider streets and dirtier atmosphere, over the dull-brown of wide, calm rivers. The city overflows into the valleys of Illinois and lies there, writhing under its grimy cloud.

  

  W. E. B. Du Bois
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• In cartoons, in movies, time passes differently. There are flashbacks and flashfowards.

  

  Warren Spector
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• If we don't enforce visa laws, we basically have open borders.

  

  Sam Graves
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• If I do a song where I'm angry, when it's time to perform it live I'm not mad, I'm happy. I'm at a concert. But I have to somehow drum up that rage. That's acting.

  

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• Because Ritchie Valens WAS the real deal. He was only starting, but in the time he spent in the business, he made big impact. I don't know if anybody could have made a bigger one.

  

  Waylon Jennings
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• I'm still angry with Simpson for getting by with two murders.

  

  Vincent Bugliosi
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• As David Cameron realizes, we do not have time for the tweaks and increments favored by institutions built to resist change.

  

  Brown Campbell
  • Time
  • Change
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• If there is anything in the universe that can't stand discussion, let it crack.

  

  Wendell Phillips
  • Universe
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  • Stand

• With longevity comes, 'Nothing is going to kill me; I cannot irreparably damage my career.' Those days are over. The most I can sustain are fender benders.

  

  Holly Hunter
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• The challenges we face are never as important as the challenges we face up to.

  

  Ziggy Marley
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  • Important
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• Great calm, generous detachment, selfless love, disinterested effort: these are what make for success in life. If you can find peace in yourself and can spread comfort around you, you will be happier than an empress.

  

  Rabindranath Tagore
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• I was caught up in the hysteria during the Vietnam era, which was brought about through Marxist propaganda underlying the so-called peace movement.

  

  Jon Voight
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