Van Jones Quotes
People care. Their hearts are open, but people don't know exactly what the Dreamers are going through, or what sanctuary cities are for, or what's positive about the American Muslim community. When you don't know a lot, you can't do a lot.
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Politics is the enemy of the imagination.
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The most profound change that genetics brings about might not be scientific at all. It might be mental and even spiritual enrichment: a more expansive sense of who we humans are, existentially, and where we came from, and how we fit with other life on earth.
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When tulip mania dies down, all that remains are pretty flowers. When bubbles burst, nothing is left but soapy residue. But the Internet revolution, for all its speculative excesses, really is changing the world.
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Opera is the most complete art form. It includes drama, acting, technology (lighting), art (the sets), dance, and the epitome of the human voices. But mostly, go for the glorious music. The arts are crucial to the life of every community.
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Reverence is fatal to literature.
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There's no first impressions anymore. You go to a job interview, and they'll probably Google you. It's a shame - people should play it a little closer to the chest as far as what information they release to the world. If I'm angry about something, I'm not going to take to my Twitter.
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I was about five years old when I was eating soup in our kitchen, and as I was lifting the spoon towards my mouth, it bent and broke in half.
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Free speech is not a bogus issue. It is an issue.
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I firmly believe that the mission of religion in the 21st century must be to contribute concretely to the peaceful coexistence of humankind.
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America preaches integration and practices segregation.
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A lot of times, songs can blend together on the radio because there's so many great songs out there.
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It is not known, now, for what length of time the Tuatha de Danaan had the sway over Ireland, and it is likely it was a long time they had it, but they were put from it at last.
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I think a lot of people want me to be like the characters in the books: they want that kind of congruence.
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He'll call that trickle-down. I call it Niagara Falls.
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Essentially what photography is is life lit up.
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There is no bigger aphrodisiac than power.
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There are lots of things I'm acquainting myself with now to be a more well-rounded person.
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If I didn't love the hourglass, I wouldn't love myself.
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You learn to read the audiences after a while, and there are all different kinds of gigs.
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Folks should find what really inspires them; they should always pursue what they want to do.
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Americans have a casual vibe that I love so much.
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In order to be an actor you really have to be one of those types of people who are risk-takers and have what is considered an actor's arrogance, which is not to say an arrogance in your personal life. But you have to be the type of person who wants the ball with seconds left in the game.
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Now when we opened Disneyland, outer space was Buck Rogers.
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People care. Their hearts are open, but people don't know exactly what the Dreamers are going through, or what sanctuary cities are for, or what's positive about the American Muslim community. When you don't know a lot, you can't do a lot.
