Floor Jansen Quotes
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During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.
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Me and my brothers started a musical group early on, and we were playing in places where we really weren't supposed to be.
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The main dangers in this life are the people who want to change everything... or nothing.
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The obviously inexperienced pilot is the game the scientific air-fighter goes after, and the majority of victories are won that way. But, on the other hand, it is the novice usually who gets the famous ace by doing at some moment the unexpected thing.
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I love New York. Love it.
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South African literature is a literature in bondage. It is a less-than-fully-human literature. It is exactly the kind of literature you would expect people to write from prison.
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We cannot afford idleness, waste or inefficiency.
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I love music. I still play cello a few times a week.
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On buses and trains, I always think about the inexhaustible variety of human genes. We see types, and occasionally twins, but never doubles. All faces are unique, and this is exhilarating, despite the increasingly plastic similarity of TV stars and actors.
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The joke is mightier than the sword.
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There are only so many pitches in this old arm, and I don't believe in wasting them throwing to first base.
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I try something new every night. It's an hour show; if it works I maybe try it a few more times and then move that off and try something new. It's a great workshop for me.
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The pancreas is by far the most complex organ in the body.
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I remember once giving my dad some drawings and writings and said, 'If you could just give these to the publisher, that would be great.' And I was about five!
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In terms of the movie business, being in a 'Lord of the Rings' has given me more interesting options as work.
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Beyond politics, the West is suffering from what can be called a crisis of brokenness - broken institutions, broken families and broken souls.
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My mum believes in me almost more than I believe in myself.
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I'm part Filipino, part Japanese, part Chinese, part Malaysian, and part Spanish, and all those people, they love their karaoke. So whenever my family got together, we'd all karaoke.
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There's the young Jon Voight and the old Jon Voight.
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A lot of poets too live on the margins of social acceptance, they certainly aren't in it for the money. William Blake - only his first book was legitimately published.
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There can be no happiness if the things we believe in are different from the things we do.
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When only a minority consisting of capitalists can enjoy the good life, while the majority of workers must endure hardship, they will naturally not be able to live together in peace and harmony.
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The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has touched me deeply to see so many thousands of families, neighbors and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere.
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If I'm happy, you can tell, and there's no way of faking it.
