Jack Kemp Quotes
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While hereditary chiefs inhabit the apex of our traditional social systems, it would be a mistake to think they hold all the power. They aren't kings. They aren't dictators. They're answerable to their clans and their matriarchs. All decisions that affect our communities require lengthy, deliberate discussions and careful negotiation.
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Sometimes your parents are the ones with the biggest mouths of all time.
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I almost took a job in Italy. It was really a great opportunity, but they didn't think I had enough international experience.
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Back when I was growing up, it was like, 'You're too young to know what you want. We're telling you what you want. It doesn't matter if you like it. And you are stupid. Just so you know.'
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We believe in freedom, freedom for the people of each country to follow their destiny without external interference.
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With any relationship that goes on and is productive over a long period, there have to be some sort of interlocking qualities in those personalities that make it possible to survive.
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I joke that we're not dissimilar to a rock band in the '70s.
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I always thought golf was a game reserved for the rich and the elite... But it's a misconception. It's a highly technical game, and it's a game that you can play and master alone. You require sharp skills for it, and you can play the game alone.
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I have a superhero complex. If I see anything bad happen, I run towards it, rather idiotically because, after all, what could I do?
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I'm a writer, not a genre.
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Is Naked Juice a beverage, or is it a snack? I think we can liquefy snacks or snackify liquids.
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I love making lists.
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Criticism of a policy is welcome. But in the garb of criticizing a policy, if you allege that the policy was made for corrupt purposes, I reject it.
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I'm an example of why people deserve second chances.
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One of the best movies of the year was 'Rise of the Planet of the Apes.' That's not just an action movie - it's a prison film.
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You do not pay the price of success, you enjoy the price of success.
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I think romantic passion is wanting a little something in return.
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Most fish require a short cooking time, but cephalopods are the exception to this fishy rule. As with some cuts of larger land beasts, the longer they're cooked, the more tender they get.
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Don't believe everything you read.
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I wish I was a better athlete. That would have been a little cooler, being a great boxer and walking into a room and going: "I can knock everybody out!" That's a good feeling.
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I think people are people and if their feelings are real and truthful, they can connect.
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I had the feeling that some horrible image was just beyond the field of vision, moving, as I turned my head, so that I never quite saw it.
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Being an artist is dragging your innermost feelings out, giving a piece of yourself, no matter in which art form, in which medium.
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I can't hide my feelings.
