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 can go to a country song, go right into it and make it sound authentic. And I think that's because of my ear as an impressionist.
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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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Every one of these hundreds of millions of human beings is in some form seeking happiness...Not one is altogether noble nor altogether trustworthy nor altogether consistent; and not one is altogether vile...Not a single one but has at some time wept.
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I have no nerves at all about singing or playing stuff... and if I can have a cup of tea nearby, then I'm very much at home.
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Getting the ideas are a struggle for me. I'm doing better now that I use the concentration tapes. More unusual ideas.
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This country has so much wealth and so much poverty, and that seemed wrong to me. 'Evicted' was my Ph.D. dissertation.
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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.
