Van Jones Quotes
Come, then, let us go forward together with our united strength - and win a better future for generations to come.
Quotes to Explore
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The experience of being in space didn't change my perspective of myself or of the planet or of life. I had no spiritual experience.
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Time has lost all meaning in that nightmare alley of the Western world known as the American mind.
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We're a very iterative company, so we jump on basically all new technology.
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Excellence is not a skill, it's an attitude.
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I don't know that much about who directs what movies, but I'm definitely inspired by the look of old movies; I find them to be really beautiful.
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There is no diplomacy like candor.
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You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself.
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It was really impossible to break through in Russia. We couldn't buy any balls. We really didn't have any courts, no rackets, nothing. And no people to practice with.
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I love Frank Ocean. I think he's so talented and his music is so great. So, I would love to do one of his songs like 'Bad Religion' or 'Pink Matter.'
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I was at a ballpark as much as I was in school. I was on a basketball court or football field as much as I was in school, so I definitely was receiving mentorship when it came to coaches, my father, my grandfather, and my uncles.
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I'm an all-or-nothing person.
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It's more fun to look at an old picture of me than it is to look at a new one sometimes. Although, I still wear a dress pretty well.
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I just wish that people will be kinder to me when I pass away.
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I originally got into this because of a five-year-old's begrudgery of his teacher. Mrs. Lawlor cast me as a tree, and I was disgusted. I was sure I had more to offer than that. It was like, 'OK, if you want me to be set dressing, fine, I'll take it on the chin but I'll show you - I'm going to be a big actor some day.'
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I love thinking about the film, the project and committing myself as much as possible.
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It's kind of fun to do the impossible.
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When the news wants to tell you something is important, they put dramatic theme music behind it. They scare you into watching the story.
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I love boliche, roasted pig, and black beans and rice. When I need a quick fix, I head to Cafe Cortadito on Avenue B and 3rd here in New York City.
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India's sprawling subcontinent can never become a plus-size Singapore. But perhaps we can weave together an urban web that is the equivalent of a thousand Singapores.
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The CGI landscape is another world. It has its own physical laws; it can defy gravity. But surely the wonder of cinematic space is that it is wedded to reality?
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Peace is not just the absence of war. True peace depends upon creating the opportunity that makes life worth living. And to do that, we must confront the common enemies of human beings: nuclear weapons and poverty; ignorance and disease.
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Come, then, let us go forward together with our united strength - and win a better future for generations to come.
