Van Jones Quotes
People in red states and blue states can agree that we are a nation blessed with extraordinary natural wealth and beauty, which we would be foolish to waste; therefore conservation and efficiency are values we all can share.
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If people want to really know what's up with me then they can read one of my interviews.
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People are wiser than we are willing to attribute to them.
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Where trade unions are most firmly organized, there are the rights of the people most respected.
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Building codes are a good thing. People who throw rocks at inspectors are being naive. It's a lot like police officers; we want them around unless they stop us for a ticket. It's the same with inspectors.
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I like talking one-on-one to everyone. I find it really sort of cathartic and interesting to hear people's opinions.
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I think that Richard Nixon is a great man and that he is very dedicated to what he does. I had the pleasure of meeting him when I attended the Republican National Convention in Miami. You can really tell that he is willing to go out of his way to help the American people.
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I wanted to bring people together, and most importantly not feel threatened when they came to watch me box.
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If there are negative people around me, I just try to distance myself from that.
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Most people don't understand that being in the public eye is emotionally exhausting. It takes a lot out of you.
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People realised this is real pollution; it is not fog. Now everyone has to face the data and come out of their comfort zone.
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I told as much of my life as I could to encourage people: to encourage others to get to where they should be, where they want to be.
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It seems every year, people make the resolution to exercise and lose weight and get in shape.
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I want to know what people thought and what they wore and what they ate for breakfast.
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I don't want to forgive myself. That's why I hate psychoanalysis I think if you're guilty of something you should live with it. Get rid of it - how can you get rid of a real guilt? I think people should live with it, face up to it.
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In every interview, when they would ask me who should be a judge, I would always say Harry Connick, Jr., so I think I had something to do with him becoming a judge! He has a blunt, dry sense of humor. You never know if he's joking or not, and I think that's going to catch a lot of people by surprise.
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When one tears away the veils and shows them naked, people's souls give off such a pungent smell of decay.
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I didn't necessarily have a total idea when I was writing the movie of where everything was going. I just wanted to have really realistic dialogue and write like people I knew talked. I tried to keep it very real.
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I love Bethnal Green and where I'm from. Nothing there, especially the people, ever held me back, but I never felt that I was successful there.
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Most commonly, I've been recognized from people who aren't actually from England.
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I've been fortunate Daytona is a place I've run better than anywhere else, and that's a big race. Maybe it has to do with attention and pressure and the drive to do well when a lot of people are watching.
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I think the United Nations is a useful format to discuss matters, but I think it's a weak institution in being able to carry out matters and, in many respects even, it has been harmful on things like human rights.
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Most Americans think that the typical low - income family lives in public housing or gets housing assistance. The opposite is true.
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Hedge fund managers charge so much more than mutual fund managers; alpha is even harder to come by. They end up selling a variety of things beyond mere outperformance.
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People in red states and blue states can agree that we are a nation blessed with extraordinary natural wealth and beauty, which we would be foolish to waste; therefore conservation and efficiency are values we all can share.
