Jonathan Van Ness Quotes
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The sole ultimate factor in human decisions is physical force. This we must learn, however repugnant the idea may seem, if we are to protect ourselves and our institutions. Reliance on anything else is fallacious and ruinous.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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Left the ranch in 1883, went to California, going through the States and territories, reached Ogden the latter part of 1883, and San Francisco in 1884.
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When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.
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Anybody I'm dating, I don't want them to talk about my music. I don't talk about my music to them.
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Period drama is such a huge umbrella term: it seems to cover everything from Claudius to something from the 1920s.
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If you want to learn about America, watch 'The Wire.' It's a profound piece of entertainment.
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I don't think Hollywood knows what to do with me. I would imagine that when it comes to romantic comedies, my name would be pretty low down on the list.
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Social Security is too vital to be lumped into backroom budget talks where the views of ordinary Americans risk going unheard.
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I'm not a universalist, and the way I talk about final loss is this: People worship idols - money, whatever. Their humanness gets reshaped around the idol - you become like what you worship. That's one of the basic spiritual laws.
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To me, a cat is an easy pet, they don't need any spoiling or looking after.
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Our worst comes out when we behave like robots or professionals.
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The imperial province should have a university, the prefectures should have colleges, and the counties should have day schools.
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I've got to confess I'm a pragmatic optimist myself.
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As a kid, I always liked reading stories where I had a power-projection fantasy. I wanted to be inside of a story where I had power and influence, was going to rise to power, was going to somehow influence my society.
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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All of the very important events in my life happen by chance.
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Now, we occupy a lowly position, both in space and rank in comparison with the heavenly sphere, and the Almighty is Most High not in space, but with respect to absolute existence, greatness and power.
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All souls are equal and alike and have the similar nature and qualities.
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Party domination and State leadership are concepts incompatible with one another.
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We are fortunate to have some of the greatest and best teachers in the world, but we want to make sure that those few that try to sneak through the system are caught in advance.
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I feel like I came out of the womb and was punted - there you go, out in the world!
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Our firefighters, they show up every day to fight fires. If, God forbid, there's a situation where they have to fight cancer, they shouldn't have to fight bureaucrats to get the care they deserve.
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God, I miss TLC.
