John Mellencamp Quotes
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I was born in Canada for a reason. It was because my parents wanted me to have the freedoms that this country offers.
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My family loves to take me out, and we do regular things like go to the movies. My friends do that as well. At the same time, I love work and I want to be busy all the time!
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I believed in Bobby Kennedy. Campaigning for him was an attempt to give back something to this country that has given me so much.
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The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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It used to be that watching a film was a very special occasion, the same way flying was. Before, if you took a flight from New York to L.A., most of the windows would be open. Now, we get on planes and we just close them because we're so used to what it feels like. I think the same thing has happened with cinema.
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While 'Precious' isn't a real person, it's someone's story, and it's too many peoples' story.
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There are other writers who try for subtle and minimalists effects, but I don't travel in that tribe.
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I can laugh and cry at the drop of a freakin' hat - all at the same time.
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I think there's nothing that can drive you more than a huge dream or a huge challenge.
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I really feel that political will is born out of popular will.
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The cultural expectation should be if there's infidelity, the marriage is more important than fidelity.
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First, we will focus on the privatization of small and medium sized enterprises, followed by the medium size industry and then we will move on to the heavy industry.
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If you owe the bank $100 that's your problem. If you owe the bank $100 million, that's the bank's problem.
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I will do as I usually do. Tomorrow is going to be a day like any other day.
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I don't want people following me around, everywhere I go, people talking to me and stuff. I don't want to be walking down the street with a bodyguard. I don't think that will be an issue playing in L.A.
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I have a number of vices, one of which is moderation.
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It is incredibly important to set goals for your business, as if you have no direction for your business, your online business will be a failure.
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So I try not to have any actual expectations for myself for any level of success or failure.
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God made a mistake with me. I'm actually black, trapped in a white body.
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The ability to convince people of the wackiest notions - and both parties can do it - it's part of the dumbing down of America that's really highly problematic.
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I'm in the middle of a 25-city book tour, and I like watching what people buy in bookstores. I see people buy books that I strongly suspect they will never read, and as an author, I must tell you, I don't mind this one bit. We buy books aspirationally.
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If nobody has really done a show about people in their twenties that has been successful, why?
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This is about black people selling out other black people.
