Sebastian Junger Quotes
I have been working since I was 20, and I'm 38. I actually once averaged out what I had made over my professional life. I think I could have made that much as a waiter or an insurance salesman. You know, I spent so many years in my 20's making $10,000 a year.
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I boxed 15 years in a club.
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It takes 20 years to make an overnight success.
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Couture has copied my things for years, in addition to countless other costume designers, claiming theirs were the original ideas. It's all part of the business, unfortunately.
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I've been auditioning since I was 7 years old.
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Nobody really knows anybody completely, even if they've been married to 'em for 53 years, you know?
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He that has more Knowledge than Judgment, is made for another Man's use more than his own.
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It is useless to close the gates against ideas; they overlap them.
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I want to be that person who could sacrifice everything for others.
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I have been working since I was 20, and I'm 38. I actually once averaged out what I had made over my professional life. I think I could have made that much as a waiter or an insurance salesman. You know, I spent so many years in my 20's making $10,000 a year.
