Van Jones Quotes
We just want government to be a smart, supportive, reliable partner to the forces that are working for good in this country.
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I think a lot of young girls see actresses, and they think of red carpets, and they think of 'Us Weekly,' and they don't really think about the breaking down of a script and what that requires and what you would need to pull it off.
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A person, who no matter how desperate the situation, gives others hope, is a true leader.
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Metaphysics is a dark ocean without shores or lighthouse, strewn with many a philosophic wreck.
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I've lived in New York for a really long time.
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I love anything to do with history.
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One of my favorite episodes was the one in which Homer grew hair. That was a very unique episode, since there was a gay secretary, but that wasn't even the issue of the show-the issue was Homer's image changing because he had hair.
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I recently went to New York for the first time, and honey, I'm in love with that place. I'm obsessed with its sausages.
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It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
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'Bruce Lee' didn't work, and there were apprehensions about what the fans might say. People might have commented that Charan could have waited for some time before selecting me again. But that's what makes it a real achievement to me. People want to work with me because of the comfort level; nobody would work with you again otherwise.
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I would like to break out of this dark, brooding image, cause I'm actually not like that at all.
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For me, what I really want to come out of it is to show people that I can hold together a movie, be the number one character and play someone who is twenty or twenty-one.
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If it's really beautiful weather, sometimes I might take a helicopter out. I got my license in 1999.
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I love yoga and hiking - I think that's the perfect combo.
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Ruby inherited the Perl philosophy of having more than one way to do the same thing. I inherited that philosophy from Larry Wall, who is my hero actually. I want to make Ruby users free. I want to give them the freedom to choose.
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It's just different in the music world. You come more with an entourage.
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I want to be the first person to laugh at myself. It makes other people feel at ease - we're all on an even playing field.
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Medicine heals doubts as well as diseases.
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Even though people say Richard Harris and I have been having a great feud, it's not true.
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There was always music in our home. My mom and my dad loved music. I remember when we were kids we would have these great parties at the house with congas and bongos and African drums, and it was amazing. It wasn't until years later that I found out that they were actually Black Panther meetings.
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To be honest, when I was growing up - I think it's because of Kate Winslet and 'Titanic' - I always wanted to do period.
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A triumphalist corporate capitalism, free at last of the specter of Communism, has mobilized its economic power to relentlessly marginalize all nonmarket values; to subordinate every aspect of American life to corporate 'efficiency' and the bottom line; to demonize not only government but the very idea of public service and public goods.
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That's how I make work. Along the way, I take notes, I read about history and popular culture. Sometimes I act out things in the studio. I go back to my mother's hair salon so I can hear three voices going all at once. I pull inspiration from everything.
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I do not believe any president can bind a successor president to give up his fundamental role as protector of the country.
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We just want government to be a smart, supportive, reliable partner to the forces that are working for good in this country.
