Van Jones Quotes
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My father passed away when I was very young, so I was head of household for a very long time. Whether it came to cooking food or having to braid hair to get kids out of the door for school, I've been one that has - with the help of my mother - has been a father figure for a lot of young ladies.
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The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane.
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I have gotten more flak for being a conservative Republican than I have for being trans.
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The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.
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Sometimes in someone's gestures you can notice how a parent is somehow inhabiting that person without there being any awareness of that. Sometimes you can look at your hand and see your father.
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I would hate for my father to regret all his support that he's given me over the years and be embarrassed by anything I chose to do.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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You could argue that 'Sweeney Todd' was romantic, if you looked closely at it, but it didn't impart that to its audiences. But it's large, and it's melodramatic, and it's a style I like to work in periodically.
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When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money.
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It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment, that is not good enough. So it is really important that we protect First Amendment rights of people no matter what side of the line they are on.
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I was so excited to work with Ridley Scott. Who wouldn't be?
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My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.
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Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life.
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I naturally favour a clean, healthy diet. A salad sandwich is one of my favourite meals!
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I've played quite a large spectrum of teenaged girls, from psychotic to very sweet to a polygamist.
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I just wanted to play as long as I could. When you stop playing, you're not going to get it back. When you don't enjoy it, that's the time to pack it in.
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I love music. I think it's a higher art form, in a way, than movies. You know, a film you see once, maybe twice. A song will follow you forever. It's a magical thing.
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Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
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This is my trademark: I rip my T-shirt. I'm into the whole showing-a-bit-of-chest-hair thing.
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I love cakes. Chocolate and coconut cakes. I love that combination!
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I do enjoy filming, but I do consider myself still to be a bit of a novice, and I learn a bit every time I do a film job, and I am very admiring of film actors.
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Time has a way of putting things in perspective, of assigning meaning.
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The time has come to move beyond eco-elitism to eco-populism.
