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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It's one of the greatest festivals in the world. New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Fest is the best all-around... It's an honor to be closing it.
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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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I would break a lot of cymbals. You whack the cymbals hard enough, and they will crack in half. Drums are not actually as sturdy as they look. They're actually somewhat fragile instruments.
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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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Actually, I love trying to figure out why certain books become hits while others, which may be just as good, have trouble finding an audience.
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I'm trying to use the language of today to express a general existential crisis that I think the world and I are going through.
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I appreciate the 'Surreal Life.' I had a really positive experience on that show, and with those people. I found some love in my heart for religion again, and had the support of a new family of friends. I wouldn't have had the pleasure of meeting those people, if we were not all placed in that fishbowl.
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It was like I had evolved to a certain stage where I was stuck in this songwriter bag as an image. But basically at heart, I'm a rocker. And I still am. But I was caught up in the singer/songwriter bag and I wasn't really enjoying it.
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The artist dreams of works of real breadth; but, limited by his personality and the nature of his medium, limited by inner disturbances and loss of purpose, he often works more narrowly than he'd intended.
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When gratitude dies on the altar of a man's heart, that man is well-nigh hopeless.
