J. D. Vance Quotes
On my first day at Yale Law School, there were posters in the hallways announcing an event with Tony Blair, the former British prime minister. I couldn't believe it: Tony Blair was speaking to a room of a few dozen students? If he came to Ohio State, he would have filled an auditorium of a thousand people.
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Having played many roles of scientific intellect I do have an empathy for that world. It's been hard on me because flying the Enterprise for seven years in Star Trek and sitting in Cerebro in X-men has led people to believe that I know what I'm talking about. But I'm still trying to work out how to operate the air conditioning unit on my car.
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I hate ugliness. You know I'm allergic to ugliness.
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America is not the center of the universe.
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As a legal matter, my mother is an American citizen by birth.
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The fundamental thing about my personality is that I think I'm an imposter.
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I graduated with an English degree and worked for awhile in academic publishing.
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I think I can help others just by my example.
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We have the American people properly concerned about the future of our country and the world.
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I was the first boy in the Kennedy family to graduate from college.
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I think that Van Gogh is really the ultimate crazy artist that we all think of.
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It would be great if people could guess right off that I am Japanese-Finnish-American. But then I'd have to be wearing a kimono and pulling a reindeer.
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[People say]'You're always happy' and I'm, like, sometimes I have a huge zit on my face. But if you smile, people won't notice that. I do have bad-hair days but if you feel confident in yourself it would make people want to be around you.
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On my first day at Yale Law School, there were posters in the hallways announcing an event with Tony Blair, the former British prime minister. I couldn't believe it: Tony Blair was speaking to a room of a few dozen students? If he came to Ohio State, he would have filled an auditorium of a thousand people.
