Bob Jones, Sr. Quotes
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I spend an extraordinary amount of time in my car, so I can justify the expense. That's the only extravagance in my life - it's my car.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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Being Premier is a 24/7 job, so it doesn't create many spaces in order to be able to build relationships.
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I don't have traceable literary models because I haven't had great literary influences in my life.
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It took me 14 years to write poems about Vietnam. I had never thought about writing about it, and in a way I had been systematically writing around it.
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Breitbart media is named after the same gentleman who basically framed Shirley Sherrod during the Obama administration.
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People don't understand that all presidents, the minute they become president, get a knock at the door. And there's a man there saying, 'Let's talk about your funeral.' At the time I thought, God, that's a terrible thing. Later on, I thought it was pretty wise.
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Diseases happen in acidic environments, so it's very important to keep your body alkaline. Keeping a diet high in leafy greens, spring water, fresh air, raw almonds, lemons, grapefruits, and warm water with juice from half a lemon helps lower acidity levels.
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I think one problem we've had is that people who are smart and creative and innovative as engineers went into financial engineering.
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Everyone always says, 'When you look at a boy band, one of them has to be gay.' No, they don't.
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We have to still develop the Ikea group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia.
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I've sort of been an anthropologist of modern America, in a non-academic way. Whether it's Marines or Tupperware salesladies, high end audiophiles or bike couriers, I'm fascinated by the hallmarks of the American tribe.
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Mutual respect is very important in a relationship, and since my work is part of my life, he would have to respect it.
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I've always written songs the same way. You learn different tricks - you learn craft, you learn structure, all that - as you go.
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If you don't change, you're dead, so I try to keep changing.
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You have to take criticism with a grain of salt because you're never going to please everybody.
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Creativity is the key to success in the future, and primary education is where teachers can bring creativity in children at that level.
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There's always a mismatch between small entrepreneurial outfits and large companies, which often don't have the same outlook.
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When I was a kid, there were these great comic books called 'Tales From The Crypt' and 'The Vault of Horror.' They were gruesome. I discovered them in the barbershop and thought they were fabulous.
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There is often in people in whom 'the worst' has happened an almost transcendent freedom, for they have faced 'the worst' and survived it.
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Real obstacles don't take you in circles. They can be overcome. Invented ones are like a maze.
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I just realized the best way to live your life is to just be you, as cliche as it sounds. I grew up trying to please everyone.
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God does not leave you wondering whether you are saved or not. He tells you outright that you are His and that nothing can ever separate you from the love of Christ. Not even sin because His blood is greater than your sin!
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It is a sin to do less than your best.
