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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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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I respect the people who buy my records and come to my concerts. It's only fair that I always try to give them the very best that's in me. After all, I need them more than they need me.
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Look forward to where you want to be and spend no time complaining about where you are.
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I was born to speak. I got in trouble as a kid for talking. I already knew it was a strength.
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Future peace, prosperity and confidence depend not just on ourselves but on the success of all nations. Hence, we are all partners, no matter what our backgrounds, cultures, faiths and histories.
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Power travels in the bloodlines, handed out before birth.
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I don't know if you've ever tried writing a Doctor Who story, but it's a lot more difficult than it initially appears, especially if you've got more than one assistant.
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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.
