Jack Kerouac Quotes
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I'm hard on myself. I'm my biggest critic.
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Money can't buy everything, but it can buy most of it. Because of money, I could give my parents a comfortable life.
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I have a romantic conception of the writer's life, and the sort of writer's life that I admire is probably a childless life, possibly a marriageless life, certainly a travelling life - I'm in awe of how much D.H. Lawrence managed to get around. But that's never been something I'm capable of doing.
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The prevailing - and foolish - attitude is that a good manager can be a good manager anywhere, with no special knowledge of the production process he's managing. A man with a financial background may know nothing about manufacturing shoes or cars, but he's put in charge anyway.
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Weirdly, often the more I write, the more ideas I have.
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I'm terrified I'm about to die, or that all the people I love are about to die, every second of every day.
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I'm advocating that American citizens interested in democracy should stay out of chain stores.
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Many of the best firms historically in venture capital have been multi-sector.
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Just to be fighting for the belt, I was already happy. No pressure at all.
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It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends.
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If you want India to lower tariffs and facilitate more free trade, then I think Indian producers also have a right to enter the European market.
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I'm attracted to heartbreakers.
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I was living as a young single mom. I was 19 when I was divorced, and my daughter was a year old, and I waited tables here three to four nights a week for several years while I was trying to support myself and my daughter and the day I got that acceptance at Harvard Law School was an unforgettable day.
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I hate to hear 'Less is more.' It's a crock of crap.
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I certainly feel that an adult woman has a right to determine what happens to her life and body.
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I eat a lot of chocolate.
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Movies are really hard to make. You put a lot of work into them, and you want people to see them.
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That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner.
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Prayer is aligning ourselves with the purposes of God.
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The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything, the young know everything.
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My first time to Rome was when I was backpacking with my best friend around Europe for a month at 18 years old, so I remember that excitement of being away from home properly for the first time.
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People go to extraordinary lengths to get films made.
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I don't have that many friends, so I like to keep the ones that I really care for close to me.
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I don't really go out at all.
