Tommy Lee Jones Quotes
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Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.
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I firmly believe that any good journalist must essentially be temperamentally an outsider. I don't think full sense of belonging and security is conducive to creativity.
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When you fall in love, you become weak.
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I can't imagine playing a boring gig. Like, a boring audience without reaction, I will play against them.
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I used to come up with these crazy jobs to try and provoke my parents but they said, 'You can be anything you want.' So I was like, 'I want to be a garbage man' and they were like 'That's OK, we'll still love you!'
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I've been in a room in Silicon Valley where on the wall they have 160 industries they think blockchain can disrupt. We picked six of them to focus on.
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To build a great company, which is a CEO's job, sometimes you have to stand up against conventional wisdom.
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Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever.
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Every single one of the guys that I've written songs about has been tracked down on MySpace by my fans.
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With any kind of mean girl, or anyone who bullies anyone, there's always a reason for it. There is that sadness in them or insecurity that makes them feel like they need to act out or hurt other people.
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I come from a background of hiding everything behind a computer.
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Typically, a book takes me about a year to write.
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There are a thousand ways to play any role.
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I am also hugely excited to then be competing to defend my three Paralympic titles at the Paralympic Games. I believe we will see some amazing times posted and I am very much looking forward to what will be an incredible Olympics and Paralympics in London.
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I'm never happier than when I'm not working. The strip is a job - that's why I take money for it. It's a job I'm passionate about, but it's a job I totally leave in the studio when I walk out of here, unless I'm late and I have to work at home. I never think of the strip unless I'm compelled to.
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There is no gender to my music. There's no male or female voice, no trite lyrics or poetry. It's much more abstract, so it lives with you longer.
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My music lives because of real players.
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Self-preservation is an important thing to me.
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What does it matter if, by following my heart, I also fulfill someone else's plan?
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...an Empire now crashing about their ears. The Sikh smiled at the vanity of human aspirations.
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I've sold my soul to the devil.
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Defense contractors are able to reap tremendous profits while rarely confronting the risks for which those profits are supposed to be the reward.
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I love music, so if I wasn't singing, I would probably still be working in the music industry. I love songwriting, so I'd probably be a songwriter.
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Meryl Streep does not make mistakes. Sometimes the world just can't keep up.
