Cleve Jones Quotes
Any social movement that seeks to benefit only its own members I think is a shallow movement and probably doomed to failure.
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The world we live in is vastly different from the world we think we live in.
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The White House should always be a friend to American freedom.
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My style's not for everyone - I'm an extremist.
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You can either see yourself as a wave in the ocean or you can see yourself as the ocean.
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I would love to direct - or try my hand at it, anyway.
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It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom.
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I know that I will never find my father in any other man who comes into my life, because it is a void in my life that can only be filled by him.
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My parents moved around Stockton and Lodi. I had a lot of anxiety about jumping into another classroom. They were always putting me in special ed. But I was smart; I wasn't like these kids in the special-ed classes. But it would make me feel a little bit stupid.
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I try not to second-guess editors; they're the clients, and I have no expectation that my strip is going to make it into every paper every day.
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I have friends who have a CD mastering plant in Hollywood and they are very sceptical about European record labels' understanding of digital technology.
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There are thoughts which are prayers. There are moments when, whatever the posture of the body, the soul is on its knees.
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A lot of people in line at the grocery store think that they know me, but they don't.
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I go to this gym in Hollywood: it's a Cross Fit gym. It's basically just a really high intensity, sort of, athletic movements. I'm sure Cross Fit is going to be mad at me for not giving their definition of what Cross Fit is.
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As a father, I would say I am more like a mother. I do a lot of hugging.
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Growing up in Fife, you were aware that there were these creatures called lesbians, but it was in the realms of complete freakishness. And I didn't feel like a freak.
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Companies the size of PepsiCo is like running a little republic, there is no question about it. The only difference is that I don't have to worry about the media hounding me every day, on every word that I say. I have a board of directors that runs the country in the interest of the stake holders.
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With the advent of computing, human invention crossed a threshold into a world different from everything that came before. The computer is the universal machine almost by definition, machine-of-all-trades, capable of accomplishing or simulating just about any task that can be logically defined.
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I sure can't do television. The screen is only 24 inches. How are they ever gonna get someone like me in that little box?
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Filmmaking is not a job but a social responsibility for me.
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When gratitude o'erflows the swelling heart, and breathes in free and uncorrupted praise for benefits received, propitious heaven takes such acknowledgment as fragrant incense, and doubles all its blessings.
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Never, be argued out of your soul, never be argued out of your honor, and never be argued into believing that soul and honor do not run a terrible risk if you limp into life with the load of a debt on your shoulders.
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I spend a lot of time in prayer. God doesn't always show up on my time, but he always shows up!
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If we don't get this economy going, the numbers that represent this stimulus package are going to be small compared to the loss of revenue to the federal government for our economy.
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Any social movement that seeks to benefit only its own members I think is a shallow movement and probably doomed to failure.
