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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You can be very famous without being a great actress, and that's not good for me.
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Women hold up more than half the sky and represent much of the world's unrealized potential. They are the educators. They raise the children. They hold families together and increasingly drive economies. They are natural leaders. We need their full engagement... in government, business and civil society.
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I come from nowhere Brooklyn, New York. Williamsburg, Brooklyn. These days Williamsburg is kind of a hip area, but when I grew up there, the taxi drivers wouldn't even go over the bridge, it was so dangerous.
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No one is India.
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Our genius ain't appreciated around here... let's scram!
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It is a sin to do less than your best.
