Van Jones Quotes
There is, unfortunately, too large a number of people who are just outright bigots in America. They're nowhere near a majority. They're a small number. But there are people who are in the Alt-Right who are just straight up bigots.
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Sometimes you have to go up really high to understand how small you really are.
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What we really need is compassion of the mind - compassion for others that is directed intelligently and produces truly compassionate results.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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I know every politician spins the truth a little.
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But I did an awful lot of work in Hollywood, and in New York for that matter.
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I think Twitter is the future of communications and Square will be the payment network.
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The dynamic element in my philosophy, taken as a whole, can be seen as an obstinate and untiring battle against the spirit of abstraction.
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In 1995, the Clinton Administration reached an agreement with Cuban government that any refugee caught at sea would be sent back to Cuba while any refugee who reaches the United States shores would be allowed to begin the process to citizenship after one year.
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Whenever my body heals and the pain and all the swelling goes away is when I'll be ready.
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Love shouldn't be about jealousy or anything like that. It should be about commitment and being able to trust that person. If you can't have that from the get-go, there's a problem.
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Unless you are Stephen King, a book signing is attended by maybe 40 or 50 people.
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My mother is a beautiful writer. Writing letters back and forth with her was an athletic endeavor, and it became something I really looked forward to.
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I don't want to paint a picture of total gloom and doom.
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The greatest and most important problems of life are all fundamentally insoluble. They can never be solved but only outgrown.
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Agatha Christie holds special personal memories for me because my mum, a television producer called Pat Sandys, had been the first person to persaude the Agatha Christie estate to put one of her stories on T.V.
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My wife attends a Presbyterian church.
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As much as possible, I try to encourage people to use stunt men because that is really their job.
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Controversy equalizes fools and wise men in the same way - and the fools know it.
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A distinguished producer called Kenith Trodd actually lived in his office for over a year - the cleaners refused to go in because it was such a tip.
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Where life is colorful and varied, religion can be austere or unimportant. Where life is appallingly monotonous, religion must be emotional, dramatic and intense. Without the curry, boiled rice can be very dull.
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There was a period when I really had to ask myself, 'What does acting mean to me?' I'm not someone who's content being famous, with that whole lifestyle. I had to realize I could find a balance between what I like to do and what people think you're 'supposed' to do as an actress.
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I found out the hard way that if we don't disciple people, the culture sure will.
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There are no silos at 'Frontline.' Our digital team works with our filmmakers, and our filmmakers work with our digital team. They're always in touch, and they're always talking.
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There is, unfortunately, too large a number of people who are just outright bigots in America. They're nowhere near a majority. They're a small number. But there are people who are in the Alt-Right who are just straight up bigots.
