J. Maarten Troost Quotes
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You take the best of our tradition as a start, and I'll take the best of Christianity ... From there we can build.
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A lot of people still disregard something like yoga. I would have as a young player. I would have been too busy playing golf or something.
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The government of the German Democratic Republic rejects secret policies. It works for the people, and only the people, so it does not need to keep secrets like the warmongers.
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When I was a teenager, I was an umpire for a competitive league for 8- to 9-year-olds. I was really bad at it because I didn't know all the rules, and all these kids were better athletes than me. I made a bad call, and this dad snapped on me. Then he dumped his trash from his cooler, and I had to kick him out of the stands.
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But you know, I always said that no one else on my block was on the radio, and it was fun.
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Obviously, marriage is not a synonym for morality. But stable marriages and families do encourage moral behavior.
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'Punk' doesn't mean Mohawks and safety pins. It's about not conforming.
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I'm a great supporter of women who take risks and don't make victimhood into an art. It's not good for women, and it's not good for men. Too many men put all their emotional eggs in one basket - a woman's basket.
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Up against the corporate government, voters find themselves asked to choose between look-alike candidates from two parties vying to see who takes the marching orders from their campaign paymasters and their future employers. The money of vested interest nullifies genuine voter choice and trust.
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I feel like we've already seen the burger truck, we've seen the lobster-roll truck. There's even healthy-food trucks now. But a big-thick-pizza truck? Come on, man. That'd be amazing.
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No one would feel embarrassed about seeking help for a child if they broke their arm - and we really should be equally ready to support a child coping with emotional difficulties.
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I'm more of an artist and a songwriter than I am a DJ. That word seems a little bit - well, it doesn't really describe what I do.
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It's astounding the degree to which these communities are intermarried. Iraq is a crazy quilt of ethnicities and religious sects.
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Language as a communication tool is the primary element from which literature is created. Even in pre-literate societies, it exists as songs, riddles, or epics that are chanted.
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I conceived the original 'Deus Ex' and was the project director on the game.
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For me, poetry is a situation - a state of being, a way of facing life and facing history.
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I like to keep my private life private.
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It was my mother who got me involved in gymnastics, sending me to classes when I was six just to stop me doing back flips on the couch and destroying the furniture.
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Even if I did give a good talk, is what I have to say more important and interesting than what Colin Powell said?
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When I look at my body of work, I've played a lot of characters who are morally conflicted - 'I'm right, no I'm wrong, I don't know what to do!' I want to play more characters who don't care as much, and who aren't as measured. They are what they are, no apologies.
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You like to be independent, but you will need to learn to ask for help. It doesn't make you weak.
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Relationships are complicated, but happiness in a relationship isn't: It's just wanting exactly what you have. Wanting something else is dispiriting.
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I was raised on the streets, in hot, steamy Brooklyn, with stifled air.
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Few things are more enjoyable than lingering over the atlas and plotting a trip.
