Bob Jones, Sr. Quotes
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There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.
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We need more people working in the publishing industry itself who are people of colour.
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Ever since I can remember I was telling stories and had a huge interest in other people and what made them tick.
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And I mean I never doubt anybody's record.
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Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators.
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I know what it feels like to be a victim of domestic violence.
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I know Penny Toler and coach Ross have worked hard to put together a strong team this year, and I am ready to start the season with my teammates.
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Those who have the power and should be the most responsible are often the least responsible.
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People want to tear me down, they were going to knife me anyway.
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There are three things all wise men fear: the sea in storm, a night with no moon, and the anger of a gentle man.
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After the gold was removed from my body I felt lighter, more free. They say this is what happens if you lack metal. You begin to think as an independent person.
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…Novello should be extremely grateful that his innubile daughter was being taken off his hands by a Tasca.
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As I approach my 90th birthday, my friends are asking how it feels like, to have completed 90 orbits around the Sun. Well, I actually don't feel a day older than 89!
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So this is my effort to bring back the hope that we must have if we are to change direction. . . . I think to be fully human, we need to have meaning in our lives, and that's what I am trying to help these young people to find.
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Cuando todo está hecho, las mañanas son tristes.
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I will not leave South Africa, nor will I surrender. Only through hardship, sacrifice and militant action can freedom be won. The struggle is my life. I will continue fighting for freedom until the end of my days.
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When I feel I'm repeating myself, I'll probably pack it in.
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I feel that my work comes alive all the time.
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I think it was hard at first for my dad to transition to being immobile.
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I had this fantasy that in a democracy the government was the population. So I came to America and got a big slap in my face... Americans were not what I thought. I thought I was going to see bastards and I saw nice people, very friendly to me.
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The radical Islamic terrorists and their intent to destroy any other religious structure than their radical, wrong-headed view of Islam is one of the great, if not the greatest, challenge we've had in 70 years in America.
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I like what Abba Eban once said during the 1967 war. He said, "When all else fails, men turn to reason."
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To hell with love of country - I compete for myself.
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When gratitude dies on the altar of a man's heart, that man is well-nigh hopeless.
