Tommy Lee Jones Quotes
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I don't mind you thinking I'm stupid, but don't talk to me like I'm stupid.
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The only power you have is the word no.
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There is an expression now that is commonly used about these so-called internal conflicts which are not really internal, because they have connections to the outside world.
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I feel optimistic about how heterogeneous societies pull together. We just have to keep on with the struggle.
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A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.
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I don't seek validation outside, not even with the audience. Today they like me, but tomorrow they may hate me. I don't want to be anybody's role model.
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There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant.
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Democracy is about non-arbitrary decisions. Democracy is about spreading decisions; it is not about destroying processes.
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Authoritarianism, an unrealistic occidental imagination - these issues will never be settled. Turkey will continue to take Europe as a model; it will continue to pursue its search for democracy.
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True, when you behold Damascus from the Salahiyeh, the last slope of the Anti-Lebanon, it is the realization of all that you have dreamed of Oriental splendor; the world has no picture more dazzling. It is Beauty carried to the Sublime, as I have felt when overlooking some boundless forest of palms within the tropics.
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I had planned to spend my 40s continuing my public service and starting a family. I thought that by fighting for the people I cared about and loving those close to me, I could leave the world a better place.
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We can't stop anybody from doing what they want to do.
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A lot of things we're supposed to do are hard to do, but we can do them. They're always beneficial. Really, some things that are hard are beneficial.
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Many people are insecure of many people.
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I have a very strong belief in God.
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Globalization, far from putting an end to power diplomacy between States, has, on the contrary, intensified it.
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When a great team loses through complacency, it will constantly search for new and more intricate explanations to explain away defeat.
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If we don't have accurate information, if we are not able to tell difficult truth one to another, we will never be able to effectively design a policy for Iraq.
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'Esquire Magazine' just gave me 'Father of the Year'. I'll put it right up there with my gold medal. I survived; that's why they gave it to me.
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Some musicians like to decorate their walls with discs saying: '1 million records sold in America.' I prefer to put up discs marking sales in lesser-known countries.
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American values, or Americanism, refers to what I call the 'American Trinity': 'Liberty,' 'In God We Trust,' and 'E Pluribus Unum' ('Out of Many, One'), the three values that appear on all American coins.
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Women will risk their lives to protect children, but rarely risk their lives to protect an adult man.
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I think the whole spoiler thing has taken over the media.
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Kindness and politeness are not overrated at all. They're underused.
