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.
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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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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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I'm proud of 'Fifty Shades of Grey.' I don't need to distance myself from that. The more work I do, the more the general public sees the different things I can do. Do I think it opened doors? Yeah. More people know my name.
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You haven't lived until you've lived with a cat.
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There are hundreds of people running around with great voices. If they would study and develop them they could become great singers.
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People come into your life and people leave it... you just have to trust that life has a road mapped out for you.
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People often say that if you have to work hard at a marriage, then it's not naturally good, but I think that's totally wrong.
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I think the more mediocre you are the better you do because people need to think you're their friend, they don't want to be threatened by you, you've got to be warm, you've got to be not too smart, not too pretty, not too anything.
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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.
