Jack Kerouac Quotes
Members of the generation that came of age after World War II-Korean War who join in a relaxation of social and sexual tensions, and who espouse anti-regimentation, mystic-disaffiliation, and material-simplicity values, supposedly as a result of cold-war disillusionment. Coined by Jack Kerouac.
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I had two sisters carried away in a chain-gang - one of them left two children. We were always uneasy.
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Cable news is more titillating to talk about who's up and who's down and all that nonsense as opposed to what's actually done.
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You may talk of the tyranny of Nero and Tiberius; but the real tyranny is the tyranny of your next-door neighbor.
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We make assumptions: nurses should be nice, teachers should be good. But everyone has a dark side, some darker than others.
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What I do find enormously gratifying is the reviews my books get from the American press. They are so on the ball compared to anywhere else. It's so satisfying to get a review that conveys the reader understood precisely what I was trying to get at.
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There are many ways of showing your protest and discontent without the actions of Kremlin.
Garry Kasparov
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But I have to say I'm incredibly proud of the Panther Racing National Guard Team, and in my IndyCar career there's not many races where I've honestly left the track feeling that we've executed everything perfectly. And I have to say, I thought they did an absolute phenomenal job. The pit stops were just first class.
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However, as our brave men and women continue to return from the battlefields of the War on Terror, Congress must respond by enacting policies that meet the evolving needs of the veterans community.
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Mandela drafted the M Plan, a simple, commonsense plan for organization on a street basis so that Congress volunteers would be in daily touch with the people, alert to their needs and able to mobilize them.
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I crave attention and adventure.
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You can give some kind of spark of life to a comic that a photograph doesn't really have. A photograph, even if it's connecting with you, it seems very dead on the page sometimes.
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I don't study cricket too much. Whatever I have learned or experienced is through cricket I've played on the field, and whatever little I have watched.
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Ability is nothing without opportunity.
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The extras are a nice bonus feature, but the main incentive is the musical experience.
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I had no work after 'Gangster' for two years, and my sister Rangoli met with an accident that destroyed her looks. My struggle with my parents combined with the industry not accepting me made me feel alienated.
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You can't propel a nation to move forward if all you are doing is taking something from them.
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Dick Cheney and Bush's rise to power were built on tons of money from corporations and a dulled press.
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The voices on the record, that was trying to treat my voice like guitar players treat guitar tones.
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What people believe prevails over the truth.
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I like radio because you can do an hour-long interview and then three days later have a finished piece.
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I'm a strong man, and usually I get over hurts and it makes me stronger when I come back.
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Sawyer was always the Vincent boy worth fighting for. He's the special one.
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Most of what we know about sales comes from a world of information asymmetry, where for a very long time sellers had more information than buyers. That meant sellers could hoodwink buyers, especially if buyers did not have a lot of choices or a way to talk back.
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Members of the generation that came of age after World War II-Korean War who join in a relaxation of social and sexual tensions, and who espouse anti-regimentation, mystic-disaffiliation, and material-simplicity values, supposedly as a result of cold-war disillusionment. Coined by Jack Kerouac.
