Jon Voight Quotes
Some people think we're adrift without any guidelines. I don't. I think we've had instruction on how to live.
Quotes to Explore
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Humility is the foundation of all the other virtues hence, in the soul in which this virtue does not exist there cannot be any other virtue except in mere appearance.
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My comrades would call me a 'black capitalist.'
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Produce great men, the rest follows.
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In order to lead a country or a company, you've got to get everybody on the same page and you've got to be able to have a vision of where you're going. America can't have a vision of health care for everybody, green economy, regulations - can't have a bunch of piece-meal activities. It's got to have a vision.
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In North Germany, a troublesome ghost is bagged, and the bag emptied in some lone spot or in the garden of a neighbour against whom a grudge is entertained.
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What is Norah Jones' style? Is it just the albums that we've heard? She has a rock group where she plays guitar in, downtown in New York, so do we really know her style?
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Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
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All working parents should have paid family leave. That's one of many reasons I'm working to elect Hillary Clinton. She has a plan to guarantee workers - men and women - up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to care for a new child or a seriously ill family member.
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Dealing with the government does not mean you have to give a bribe.
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Sometimes you have to laugh about what gets published; sometimes it's annoying, but in general I don't care.
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America's fine, nice, nice hiking near L.A. But I am European. I love London and Paris. Friends and intellect, big thought, why not?
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Don't be afraid to convince yourself that your business is incredible, but don't expect others to be convinced without solid data to back it up. Ideas can be a worth a lot, but they are usually not. Execution is everything.
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All of my main characters have been under 30.
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Turning 18 is a big deal.
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People tried to make me something that I wasn't at the beginning of my career.
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People always worry that buying tech products today carries a risk of obsolescence. Most of the time, that fear is overblown.
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I knew boxing before I knew anything else.
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I find that the time that goes by is actually your best friend when you are making a record. The passing of time gives you perspective on what you recorded and what you wrote. If something sounds good to you 12 months after you recorded it then chances are pretty good that there's something valuable about the part or the song.
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Any solution to a problem changes the problem.
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Last night when I was commenting on the FBI and the CIA, the sound went off for 27 minutes. I should have known better.
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Whatever the soul chooses to love, it will resemble. And therefore what we choose to love is important: Love is the force behind every level of existence. There is some good in every attraction, but there is a process of refining attraction, of choosing what to love, so that we are energized by a wider, purer love
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I've rung my bells so many times, especially back in the day when chair shots to the head were legal. My goodness, I took so many of those.
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If people want to think I'm an Indian prince, I don't want to dispel that notion.
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Some people think we're adrift without any guidelines. I don't. I think we've had instruction on how to live.
