Van Jones Quotes
People in red states and blue states can agree that clean air is better than dirty air; therefore we should use clean energy where we can.
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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Beethoven's importance in music has been principally defined by the revolutionary nature of his compositions. He freed music from hitherto prevailing conventions of harmony and structure.
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I didn't have a long-term plan or goal. If there would have been a road map showing me the way to my dreams becoming reality, I might have given it a second thought.
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Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
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If Jesus Christ came back today, He and I would get into our brown corduroys and go to the nearest jean store and overturn the racks of blue denim.
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Americans have the right under the Second Amendment to own firearms, and that is not going to change.
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I'd known that the visit would be highly scripted and that genuine interactions with citizens wouldn't be possible, since it's illegal for them to speak with foreigners. Still, I'd thought I'd had a unique look at North Korea, only to discover I was wrong.
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I have a problem with cleaning. It's my release. I get up at 6 A.M. and clean and hoover and mop everything. Then I feel better.
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There is no more respected or influential forum in the field of journalism than the New York Times. I look forward, with great anticipation, to contributing to its op-ed page.
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I'm going to go to work out, and I'm going to enjoy it, and I'm going to eat really healthy. But I'm going to go to Vegas, and I'm going to stop at In-N-Out Burger, and then I'll be back on track.
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Hold puppies, kittens, and babies anytime you get the chance.
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I know that for me, a lot of people will look at me and they'll think 'Somali' or 'outsider' instead of 'Minnesota.'
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As awful as crime can be, it's what happens afterward - the struggling to get out of bed, to put one foot in front of the other - that alters people.
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It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.
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I had a lot of fun with my costume designer.
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There is no bigger aphrodisiac than power.
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I didn't want to do something typical.
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If I go to a baseball game, I hear 'Shoeless Joe,' but otherwise, I hear 'toe pick' five times a day. No matter how many more movies I make, that'll be on my gravestone.
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Adherents of the new religious right reject the separation of politics and religion, but they bring no spiritual insights to politics.
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Weather is uncontrollable. Only the Lord above can control the weather. Whatever we get, we have to work with.
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The risk of failure is part of the fun of what I do.
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Oftentimes, the funniest comedians are people who've gone through personal torment.
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If I've inadvertently become some sort of role model for failed comedians, then it's really backfired very badly on me.
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People in red states and blue states can agree that clean air is better than dirty air; therefore we should use clean energy where we can.
