Jonathan Van Ness Quotes
I just - I come from a very little town where the militarization of the police force is a very real issue.
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Fortunately, in the place where I went out, they had set up a little previously a fence which prevented me finally from smashing against trees. I went out with a broken leg only. A small price to be paid at the time for an accident of this kind.
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I don't believe in God, though I'm not prepared to call myself an atheist either. You know the old phrase: 'There are no atheists in foxholes.' I've never been in a foxhole, and if I ever find myself in a foxhole, I'll let you know if I believe in God or not.
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Far worst of all, the fever had settled in Mary's eyes, and Mary was blind.
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The idea that computers can ever replace teachers and schools reveals a deep lack of understanding about the role leadership plays in student success.
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Nobody can be exactly like me. Even I have trouble doing it.
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People that watch Adult Swim don't watch the Oscars.
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Our goal is to build this up as a knowledge base that anyone can look at. We're not just interested in people answering their friends' one-off questions.
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My dad grew up wrestling. He knew Ken Shamrock, and I didn't know who he was at the time. So, he found out that Shamrock was in a gym in Reno, and he wanted me to go try a class with him. I tried it and fell in love the first day. Ken told me that I had potential in this sport, and he's the reason I kept at it.
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Unending was the stream, unending the misery, unending the sorrow.
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In studio films, everything has to be boxed in, everybody needs to know beforehand - this is comedy, this is sci-fi, this is drama - and what's the point of independent film if you don't get to experiment?
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I take my work seriously.
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I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.
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I left home at 17 and I've been on the road ever since.
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We got to know the competition very well. In the '50s popcorn made a big growth in sales. Our main push was to produce the best quality and sell in quality retail outlets.
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I am a movie fan across the board, though, so if a movie is well done then I love it and it does not really matter what the genre is.
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Roddenberry had created quite a complex and at times mysterious character. Guarded, cautious, careful in showing his feelings in expressing his ideas about many things - I found that very interesting.
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I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.
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Common man is always benefited by a rate cut.
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Life was life. It happened. You never knew what was going to come at you. Or how you could defend yourself.
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The better quarterbacks are real consistent. Rookie quarterbacks are not.
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Even as a kid in drawing class, I had real ambition. I wanted to be the best in the class, but there was always some other feller who was better; so I thought, 'It can't be about being the best, it has to be about the drawing itself, what you do with it.' That's kind of stuck with me.
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Coaching really is an individual philosophy.
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While I've had plenty of ups and downs, dealt with my share of failure, and struggled through emotionally difficult periods, I'm fundamentally an optimist.
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I just - I come from a very little town where the militarization of the police force is a very real issue.
