Van Jones Quotes
To green our country, regular people will have to put on hard hats and work boots, roll up their sleeves - and get to work.
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I want to be here for a long time, so I am going to do everything I have to do to be here. And I want to walk my daughter down the aisle and give her away to somebody some day. I want to make sure I am still here to make sure my two young sons become men.
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We did a remake of Lost in Space. Filmed it in London for four months.
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When you are tough on yourself, life is going to be infinitely easier on you.
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I never left doo wop.
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I was a scapegoat. The media had to put responsibility on somebody, and I was chosen. They felt free to say that because someone was thin they were anorexic, which is ridiculous.
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I spent half my life being hurt. The leftovers of hurt are an automatic gesture, like a dog that salivates.
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The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
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Be who you are and be that well.
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Painting what I experience, translating what I feel, is like a great liberation. But it is also work, self-examination, consciousness, criticism, struggle.
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In my early 20s, I didn't even know what the Groundlings was. I had no idea. But I know how to break down a script and work on the character.
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My grandmother impressed upon me the importance of family, and my grandfather encouraged my hunger for learning.
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I took all my wax studies and threw them in the fire... that's the way it is when something unpleasant happens to me. I take my hammer and I squash a figure.
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People seldom refuse help, if one offers it in the right way.
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I make big objects that are simple, bright and clear, kind of ironic but hopefully funny because I love the shapes, and I get inspiration from toys and books, and I believe in art for everyone.
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Peyton Royce and Billie Kay are two phenomenal workers; I would love to see them up here on Smackdown. They're great girls with great talent. A bit of momentum, and we're going to see amazing things from them.
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Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name.
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I can write best in the silence and solitude of the night, when everyone has retired.
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Our constitutional liberties shall not be sacrificed in our search for greater security, for that is what our enemies and all enemies of freedom and democracy hope to achieve.
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In my life, there have always been people who guided my path, towards the school, towards this company. I didn't know about any of it. I didn't have a plan. It's good fortune and generosity from other people that have given me all I have today.
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Kids should be allowed to break stuff more often. That's a consequence of exploration. Exploration is what you do when you don't know what you're doing. That's what scientists do every day.
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I love the BlackBerry. I'm on it all the time. I literally wrote my whole book, 'Unwrap Your Sweet Life,' on the BlackBerry while I was working out on the StairMill. So many people tease me about having a BlackBerry, but I meet a lot of people who still use one. Obama has a BlackBerry!
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People call me a genius. I don't know much about geniuses. But I do believe that what I achieved was not just because of the ability that I was born with but also because I worked hard.
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You can't rush inspiration.
Colson Whitehead -
To green our country, regular people will have to put on hard hats and work boots, roll up their sleeves - and get to work.
