Joshua Micah Marshall Quotes
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You should never say 'D'Brickashaw' and 'bust' in the same sentence. You should never even think that. It should be D'Brickashaw, Pro Bowl, D'Brickashaw, Jets, Super Bowl.
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All I want is an education, and I am afraid of no one.
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The Democratic Party is the party of the status quo.
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There's no specific mission statement for the 'Toast.'
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I throw a spear into the darkness. That is intuition. Then I must send an army into the darkness to find the spear. That is intellect.
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The world is not black and white; there are lots of shades of grey. There are good things and bad things in every era, and I think it's kind of very blindfolded to say one era was wonderful, as it was wonderful, but there were a lot of bad things as well.
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I'm attempting to put myself in a bottle that will one day wash up on the beach for my children.
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Don't be afraid to take time to learn. It's good to work for other people. I worked for others for 20 years. They paid me to learn.
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My impression of Americans from the beginning is of the best, and I have never since had cause to alter my mind. They are a kind, sympathetic race of people and naturally proud of their country.
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Usually I decide on what it is I'm writing next by the books I'm reading.
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Through theater and acting school, I found a way to articulate myself.
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I had the longest, biggest bowl cut. It looked like I had a perfectly straightened mop on the top of my head.
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Acting is a form of confession.
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Every international meeting or championship I do, I can cope a lot better because I can say I did the 100 m. hurdles, opened up the athletics at an Olympic Games in front of a home crowd, 80,000 people.
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The talent is always there and art is cyclical. I'm optimistic.
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The habit of collecting, of attachment to things, is an essential human trait. But Western civilization put collecting on a pedestal by inventing museums. Museums are about representing power. It could be the king's power or, later, people's power.
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Unfortunately, we have a tendency to see figures from the past as caricatures - either all good or all bad - when the truth is always much more complex.
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It's a funny thing about cities: Some have brief, bright moments of cultural and political dominance, decades- or centuries-long spells when they seem the center of their particular nation, or region, or empire... only to later fall into obscurity and disrepair, never to regain their former glory.
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Sometimes it's good to just sing and let the words come out. Whatever comes out is valid because it's what you were thinking.
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The best thing an actor can be is flexible, because all directors are different and all actors are different.
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I get to deal with presidents and prime ministers and - and employees from tellers on up. And I love it.
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Unless you're Shannon Hoon (of Blind Melon), dying is the only thing that guarantees a rock star will have a legacy that stretches beyond temporary relevance.
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Washington is a city that coddles up to and worships power.
