K. W. Jeter Quotes
To retrieve the past is no great effort, when the events to be recalled are so firmly imprinted on the mind. It is existence in the present, the bleak wreckage and residue of what has gone before, that is so burdensome.
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These activists who support immigrants inadvertently become part of this international human-smuggling network.
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I know I said I wanted to live forever and I would never be bored, but the reality is, it's probably kind of sad to live forever if you're the only one sticking around.
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It makes you vulnerable to win an award. It's nice to get the attention, but your neck is stuck out.
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What's lost in this whole debate, unfortunately, is that Social Security is not a giveaway where we take money to give to other people. It's a contract with the government... that's worked for 75 years. It's the most successful government program that we've ever had.
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More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.
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No one pays me to be nice.
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I was born technically in D.C., and then my family moved to the Columbia area when I was in elementary school. It was right on the line between Clarksville and Columbia in Howard County. I remember it being just like a peaceful, safe atmosphere. I always felt connected to the woods and that whole suburban feel.
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The military executes policy decisions.
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Winning and making history is something you can't buy. Me? I'm a guy who loves history. When I'm 60 or 70, I don't want to be remembered for the money I make. I want to be in the history books.
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It takes one person to give you a big chance.
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I've had a good life, and was born to and among people I've admired and loved.
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Biggie has been the logo for success, the logo for doing it big - from popping champagne, the ladies, the fashion.
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We were on the cover of Women's Wear Daily, which was hardly rock 'n' roll, but it pleased me.
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I gambled and I lost. I failed in securing my options for this choice for myself, but I succeeded in verifying the Dark Age is still with us.
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Age is the first limitation on roles that I've ever had to encounter, and I hit that awhile ago.
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It's every boy's dream to play a superhero.
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If you die in an elevator, be sure to push the Up button.
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I think all of us are multitasking a little more today than we used to or than we would like to. And I think that the issue of work-life balance is a critical issue for every company around the world.
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Performances are always more interesting to me when something is at stake.
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My only worry is the painting I'm doing. Nothing else.
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I have a passion to do theater.
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I do feel kind of like I have a split identity in that there's Van Jones, who has this big public role and tries to inspire millions of people to do new stuff together. And then there's just me: a pretty quiet, shy, retiring person.
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To retrieve the past is no great effort, when the events to be recalled are so firmly imprinted on the mind. It is existence in the present, the bleak wreckage and residue of what has gone before, that is so burdensome.
