I. King Jordan Quotes
I'm committed to sign in everything I communicate, but I also speak. I still believe that I reach more people when I do that. I bridge two different cultures and two different worlds, and I think that bridge still needs work.
Quotes to Explore
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The biggest issue that we have to contend with is campaign finance reform.
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I was an outsider, never quite part of what was going on, always looking in. It turned out to be great preparation for writing fiction.
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The only thing worse than an active conscience is one that's retroactive.
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It's a vanity to think that a legitimate shamanistic experience can be purchased.
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Whatever your political affiliation may be, whether you are a conservative or liberal, we should all be bound by the belief that we need to support the troops.
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When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
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I style my roles mostly with some help from my team of stylists.
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I like things simple.
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Lester is the Rock of Gibraltar. Nothing can rattle him. I am not. I was always flying off the handle about things. And the one person who could calm me down and make me realize that none of this silliness mattered was Lester Holt.
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My older kids are fantastic people. It can't be the result of my influence on them.
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Capitalism is about adventurers who get harmed by their mistakes, not people who harm others with their mistakes.
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No person, not even a congressman, is above the law.
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You are about to have your first experience with a Greek lunch. I will kill you if you pretend to like it.
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In England we have come to rely upon a comfortable time-lag of fifty years or a century intervening between the perception that something ought to be done and a serious attempt to do it.
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I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It's a gift you give yourself.
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There's a difference between being posh and being rich.
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I find it slightly absurd that the only thing we consume more of than water is concrete.
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Time was God's first creation.
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For decades, many blacks were reluctant to pursue a profession that was associated with servitude. If you went to school, it was to become a lawyer or doctor. Older generations didn't understand why one would spend money to learn how to chop, peel, dice, and saute vegetables when that trade could be taught at home.
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Yes, there was an element of abstraction and unreality in misfortune. But when an abstraction starts to kill you, you have to get to work on it.
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We are a nation that does not build walls. We do not believe in building walls. And that defines who we are. We are South Africans, and we do not subscribe to the building of walls.
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The key to songwriting is just to be able to observe, and put yourself in situations to be around people, and let those ideas come to you.
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I'm committed to sign in everything I communicate, but I also speak. I still believe that I reach more people when I do that. I bridge two different cultures and two different worlds, and I think that bridge still needs work.
