Jonathan Mayhew Quotes
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We want enough people adopting Bitcoin for a robust infrastructure. It's an act of patriotism. It gives the country a robust parallel system.
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Patriotism has no appeal to us; justice has. Party has no weight with us; principle has. Loyalty is meaningless; it depends on what one is loyal to.
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'Kahaani' gave me popularity and 'Gangs of Wasseypur' stardom.
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Xenophobia is dangerous, but patriotism is a good thing.
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There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.
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For me, my country comes first. Nothing else matters but my country. I always felt that the best way to express your patriotism is to spread love, and that's all I ever tried to do through my work and my cinema.
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Patriotism is easy to understand in America. It means looking out for yourself by looking out for your country.
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A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
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I am drawn to those parts; I like the tough girls because they are not tough. It's a veil; it's a disguise. It's defenses. At the core, everybody is human, everybody is fragile, everybody is terrified, and the fear is what propels you to be tough.
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It's my firm conviction that when Uncle Sam calls, by God we go, and we do the best that we can.
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What is a Dixiecrat? A Democrat. A Dixiecrat is nothing but a Democrat in disguise.
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Patriotism is considered to be an emotion a person ought to feel. But why? Why is it nobler to love your own country than to love someone else's?
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Patriots don't let their nation default.
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For some critics we might be uncool on account of our popularity.
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Each nation feels superior to other nations. That breeds patriotism - and wars.
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The entire country may disagree with me, but I don't understand the necessity for patriotism. Why do you have to be a patriot? About what? This land is our land? Why? You can like where you live and like your life, but as for loving the whole country? I don't see why people care about patriotism.
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Women on the way up generally fail to win popularity contests. The only compensation is that once you're there you will become very well liked.
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Horse racing is waning in popularity.
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I have been criticized and ridiculed for turning to astrology, but after a while, I reached the point where I didn't care.
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The only work that can be compared to Chopin's Etudes, innovatively, where every note is essential and one becomes completely exposed, is the Brahms-Paganini variations. These are etudes - not as interesting musically as, say, the Brahms-Handel - but they are incredible.
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There was not a tree on the place, only the horrible prickly pear bushes thrusting out their distorted arms as if exulting in their own nakedness.
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Everyman is thoroughly happy twice in his life, just after he has met his first love, and just after he has left his last one.
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I think that we did a really good thing when we elected Barack Obama. I read his books. He is absolutely and totally qualified for the job. He's proven himself to be not only qualified for the job, but very good at it. The things that he's managed to get accomplished in the face of so much push-back is amazing, and I think - this is Morgan Freeman's personal thought - we're going to be in a lot of trouble if we don't reelect him, because the people on the other side of the fence scare me.
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There are others who aim at popularity under the disguise of patriotism.
