Jovan Adepo Quotes
I felt that politics was one place where I could possibly have a career in arguing, debating, and getting to write papers. I almost considered working in law enforcement or something like that, but that didn't really last long.
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The President's post should not be politicised. Once a president is elected, he is above politics.
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Politics is the art of the next best.
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Catalan politics emancipated from the Spanish politics on September 27, 2015. Since then, we've acted with a sovereign mentality, political sovereignty.
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My mom started working at the California Shakespeare Theater in Oakland when I was two years old, so I've always grown up around theater.
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When I first ran, being a woman in politics was seen as both a negative and also a positive. You could attract more women voters, but on the other hand, a lot of men wouldn't vote for you.
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I love working in America, I love being part of the industry out here.
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It was really fun working with Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz on set.
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The biggest misconception people have about me is that when they see how young I am, they think, 'Oh, this guy must have always wanted to be in politics; his parents must have been politically connected.' I'm a finance major and always intended to go into business.
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Hell, I never vote for anybody, I always vote against.
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It's about working when nobody's watching.
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The gun is not out of Irish politics.
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I love working with kids and seeing the light come on when they realize they are smart. It's so beautiful to watch.
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The fallback position in politics is if you don't know what you want to be about, and if you don't know what your vision is, go at somebody else.
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I definitely know I'm going to be working a lot more with my foundation when it comes to developing the kids in Jamaica.
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In the old days, money controlled politics. Today, information controls politics. So I think with the advent of the Internet, the power of wealth has been diminished. Look up all the people you know who spent millions and millions of dollars and fell short.
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When I'm not working, I prefer not to use any make-up so my skin can breathe. And I always moisturise.
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When I came into politics I always thought there was a possibility I would be killed.
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Most of the time, I'm not even working; I'm just helping people, because I feel that I am too lucky.
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There is in fact no such thing as art for art's sake, art that stands above classes, art that is detached from or independent of politics. Proletarian literature and art are part of the whole proletarian revolutionary cause.
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If I cry, it's about the personal loss of a friend or something like that. But when it comes to politics - no, I don't cry.
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My obsession with accumulation, which at times has taken on the whisper of a psychic illness - as anyone who has experienced the ode to the Collyer brothers that is my 'Vogue' office will concur - began in infancy.
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My dad wanted to name me after Rainier Maria Rilke, the poet.
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Difficult as it is really to listen to someone in affliction, it is just as difficult for him to know that compassion is listening to him.
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I felt that politics was one place where I could possibly have a career in arguing, debating, and getting to write papers. I almost considered working in law enforcement or something like that, but that didn't really last long.
