J. D. Vance Quotes
I could never understand why our lives felt like a struggle while those living off government largesse enjoyed trinkets that I only dreamed about.
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Writing has been handed to me on a plate.
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I think I was lucky I got into art college. That's what saved me.
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I'm awful with directions, and I'm not very handy around the house.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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I cannot go to Montreal without going to Beauty's, my favorite place for breakfast, where I have the Mish-Mash omelet with hot dogs, salami, eggs, green peppers, and onions, and the best banana bread in the world. It's legendary!
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Show business is one of those things that people can use to get themselves out of the lower rung of society.
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And I think it's safe to say that the single very impressive figure to me was Merle Haggard.
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When I was first elected I got 50% of the vote in '77 in the general election. In '81 I got 75%. In '85, I got 78%. No mayor has ever gotten that high a vote. So it was not an issue. Except for people who were very hostile to me. They thought they would injure me.
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I remember as a little girl I could tell you the name of the dog next door, but I couldn't tell you the names of the kids. The dog was my best friend. I love animals. They give so much to you and demand so little.
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Feminists have confused opportunity with outcome.
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The definition of a Schwarzenegger Republican is a Bush Republican who says he's a Schwarzenegger Republican.
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You can't say somebody is a bust if they're making plays and running to the ball.
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I wouldn't let a biopic be made on me. That's because I don't believe in them. I don't like them.
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I'm not just a normal guy. I'm a gymnast.
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Music has always been my passion for as long as I can remember.
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I am deeply aware of the dimension of luck. It's so important to be prepared to receive it, but it is a major factor. There's no question.
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Ironically, I'm a really crap liar, even though I do it for a living. I give away too much, somehow. I can't lie!
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I love 'Strange Brew'. I quote that movie all the time, and no one knows what I'm talking about.
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And I knew that, being an actor, you have to take the rough with the smooth and the highs with the lows. That's how it is.
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This shows how much easier it is to be critical than to be correct.
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When I was twelve, I started reading Eudora Welty, Thomas Wolfe, Flannery O'Connor, James Agee, and - do we dare breathe the name - William Faulkner.
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You have to give people permission to laugh. That's why they would always cut to the banana peel in the Laurel and Hardy movies.
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There is a force of exultation, a celebration of luck, when a writer finds himself a witness to the early morning of a culture that is defining itself, branch by branch, leaf by leaf, in that self-defining dawn, which is why, especially at the edge of the sea, it is good to make a ritual of the sunrise.
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I could never understand why our lives felt like a struggle while those living off government largesse enjoyed trinkets that I only dreamed about.
