Van Jones Quotes
Reversing global warming will take a World War II level of mobilization. It is the work of tens of millions, not hundreds of thousands.
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I think I was lucky I got into art college. That's what saved me.
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The scramble to get into college is going to be so terrible in the next few years that students are going to put up with almost anything, even an education.
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Law and order are the medicine of the body politic and when the body politic gets sick, medicine must be administered.
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If I am honest, my food is actually quite far removed from both the food of my mother and my father.
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Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.
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We need to ask who is the enemy, and the enemies are terrorists.
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Show me an Irishman who can't tell a story – I don't think they exist.
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John Sayles is good. He's like a good thoroughbred owner - he leaves the trainers alone.
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Trials by the adversarial contest must in time go the way of the ancient trial by battle and blood.
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Before Booker T. Washington, we have small business owners but we do not have a philosopher of black entrepreneurship, and that's what Washington was.
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Movies are really hard to make. You put a lot of work into them, and you want people to see them.
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E-commerce is applicable to Russia, just as it's applicable to any other market.
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I like to get up around 5:30 or six - that's my favorite time of day. My family is still asleep, and the office is still closed, so I can start my day slowly.
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It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In certain ways, I'm every character.
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If we can return to a government that the Founders, in their wisdom, envisioned for us, we can return to a government that will allow our economy to thrive again, and our people to live in liberty.
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It's not like I have the most perfect body in the world. I'm a normal girl.
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If you actively do something, it will stop making you feel like a victim and you'll start feeling like part of the solution, which is just a huge benefit to your body and your psyche.
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I did improv for about 10 years professionally, and before that, I had done it in high school as part of an improv team. It was definitely a big part of my upbringing.
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One way to express choice is through the market. Well-functioning markets provide choices and, ultimately, the ability to express one's pursuit for happiness.
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When one cow was found with BSE in 2003, many of our trading partners closed their borders to our beef.
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The Palestinians must be brought to an understanding that Jerusalem will always remain under Israeli sovereignty and that there is no point for them in opening negotiations about Jerusalem.
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When we were scared about 9/11, we federalized the airport security, we spent millions for body armor for dogs in Ohio. All that over-reaction comes from fear and government - bad combination.
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You have no ambition, I well know. Your wishes are all moderate.' 'As moderate as those of the rest of the world, I believe. I wish as well as every body else to be perfectly happy, but like every body else it must be in my own way. Greatness will not make me so.
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Reversing global warming will take a World War II level of mobilization. It is the work of tens of millions, not hundreds of thousands.
