Van Jones Quotes
All the signals that the Democratic Party is a party that tolerates snobbery and bigotry against, frankly, a lot of traditional Christians, a lot of white guys who work hard every day and who don't feel that they are on top of the world, those signals are clear and it's a turn off.
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When I took over the ministry for science and technology, our weather systems were in shambles. Nobody believed in the IMD. Nothing was in digital mode. I changed all that. We got automatic rain gauges, automatic weather stations, Doppler radars.
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A generation before, it had been sagebrush and coyotes; a generation later, it was a burgeoning movie town. But for that brief idyllic time in 1910, Hollywood looked like the perfect place for a successful writer to settle down, build his dream house, and maybe do some gardening.
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If you play good cricket, a lot of bad things get hidden.
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I was a kid who had asthma and bifocals and wore sweater vests.
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I've never been that comfortable talking about myself or about acting.
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And I'm not an actress. I don't think I am an actress. I think I've created a brand and a business.
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So, it's like: I'm an OK singer; I'm an OK guitar player and you put them together and... it's just OK.
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I'm very interested in the idea of a large group of people who come together quite suddenly, but not illogically, for reasons that could not have been anticipated.
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A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
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Many people think fairy tales and retellings of fairy tales are only for children, but I'm not the only writer to take an old tale and retell it for a sophisticated adult audience.
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Sometimes you just have to jump off the cliff without knowing where you will land.
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I never intended for the Monster Ball to be a religious experience, it just became one.
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If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.
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Now that I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke.
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You're always going to have people that are naysayers, that don't believe in your talent, that don't believe that you have any kind of longevity.
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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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Baseball's future? Bigger and bigger, better and better! No question about it, it's the greatest game there is!
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O Lord, help me to be pure, but not yet.
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It is sad not to love, but it is much sadder not to be able to love.
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When I think of myself interacting with material that I like, that's the material that inherently appeals to me, that gives me room to have my own reaction.
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Being number two sucks.
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I think the 'Lethal Weapon' movies contain my favorite performances. It sounds really crummy, I know, but although the work doesn't look hard, it's difficult to create 'effortless' on screen.
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All the signals that the Democratic Party is a party that tolerates snobbery and bigotry against, frankly, a lot of traditional Christians, a lot of white guys who work hard every day and who don't feel that they are on top of the world, those signals are clear and it's a turn off.
