Van Jones Quotes
I am for literally all of the underdogs that I can command and demand better of everyone, including myself.
Quotes to Explore
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People think that you can save calories by eating fewer meals a day, but it works just the opposite: the fewer meals you eat, the more counterproductive it becomes to you being able to lose weight.
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There are a lot of people who can slide on talent their whole lives; they're just naturally gifted. I've never considered myself one of those people. I enjoy outworking the opposition.
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I've always been a sharing person.
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But it kills me, this fascination with celebrities' personal lives.
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Part of my life is spent designing in urban centers, and part of my life has been spent in factories. But the other part of my life is spent in nature.
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Power has long been regarded as morally corrosive, and we often suspect the intentions of those who seek it.
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From the very first, my countrymen have followed my literary career, now criticizing, now praising my work, but hardly ever letting a single word be buried in indifference.
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To succeed [,] consider what is as though it were past, deem yourself inevitable and take credit for it. If you no longer believe, enlarge the temple.
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He broke the kiss and leaned against her, breathing hard. "Good morning to you, too. Man, I just can't stay mad when you do that.
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They open up the world. Because knowledge is useless if you don’t know how to find it, if you don’t even know where to begin to look. - on librarians.
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Jesus is God spelling Himself out in language that men can understand.
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What is a quote? A quote (cognate with quota) is a cut, a section, a slice of someone's orange. You suck the slice, toss the rind, skate away.
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Sulfur, when burning, absorbs oxygen gas; the resulting acid is considerably heavier than the sulfur burned; its weight is equal to the sum of weights of the sulfur burned and the oxygen absorbed.
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Thomas Edison dreamed of a lamp that could be operated by electricity, began where he stood to put his dream into action, and despite more than ten thousand failures, he stood by that dream until he made it a physical reality. Practical dreamers do not quit.
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Educated fools; from uneducated schools.
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Give more than is expected, love more than seems wise, serve more than seems necessary, and help more than is asked.
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As we mature through the years, we access more deeply information we had only abstractly understood before.
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We must never let the noise of the world overpower and overwhelm that still small voice.
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I have sold my soul. Just sign right here.
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Our hunger signal will remain active until we take in an adequate supply of nourishment.
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She (Rachel) pulled away and looked into his eyes. "Don't give up." "There goes my plan." "I'm serious. Even if things look bad, find a way to win. Find it." "You too," Jason urged. "Within reason. Don't try some huge Edomic command and blow yourself to pieces." "There goes my plan." "You stole my line.
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I am for literally all of the underdogs that I can command and demand better of everyone, including myself.
