Van Jones Quotes
It's in that convergence of spiritual people becoming active and active people becoming spiritual that the hope of humanity now rests.
Quotes to Explore
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When we go to the store, we bring home more than food - we bring home traces of broader environmental problems. But we can use our shopping carts and dinner plates to help solve some of those problems.
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Look what venison does to a goofy guitar player from Detroit? I'm going to be 54 this year and if I had any more energy I'd scare you.
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Any woman who wishes to smash into the world of men isn't very feminine.
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I could go out to five parties a day if I wanted to. I don't. I have attachments to my wife and kids - and about 20 pieces of art.
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I'm not a collector of clothes. I've got clothes to wear.
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Natural selection is not gene centrist and nor is biology all about genes; our comprehending minds are a result of our fast evolving culture.
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I believe the collapse of the House of Windsor is tied in with the collapse of the Church of England.
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My mom was Jewish, so some would call me Jewish.
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Whatever we do from government, we need to do what's best for America. If we do that, that's bringing power back to the people.
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But we will play 6, 7 new songs each evening, approximately a third in the concert. I think it's a good balance. It will be very interesting to see the public's reaction. But i think when we'll play the very first new piece, we will be scared.
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I procrastinate all morning. That's when I get my office work done and answer e-mails and see what's on the Internet and do laundry.
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Happiness is a mysterious concept. It seems to work best as futurity: at that point I will be happy, et cetera. I feel like I experience small pieces of joy day to day.
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In terms of the mechanics of story, myth is an intriguing one because we didn't make myth up; myth is an imprinture of the human condition.
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I don't mind playing spoiler.
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As long as you get your education and you stay focused, you can do anything.
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I never thought of myself as a performer or songwriter or singer.
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I feel like I'll never get over red carpets. They're so bizarre and awkward.
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I don't see my dancing or acting as two separate things. I don't define them separately, so I can't say one has helped the other, It's all the same thing. More than anything I love being on stage and performing.
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I think growing up in South Africa, and then moving to Canada, I'm just genuinely interested in the difference between the First World and the Third World, immigration, and how the new, globalized world is beginning to operate. All of those things run through my mind a lot.
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A guy will promise you the world and give you nothin', and that's the blues.
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Someday I'd love to do Shakespeare.
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When you get your self realization or your second birth you become entitled to an awareness by which you can find out the roots of everything. You can find out the roots why people get sick, you can find out why there are incurable diseases, you can find out why there are psychological problems, you can find out why there are moral crisises, you can find out why there are political problems, why there are economic problems.
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Asking for people's help - rather than directing it - is almost always the smart way of doing things, regardless of the stakes.
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It's in that convergence of spiritual people becoming active and active people becoming spiritual that the hope of humanity now rests.
