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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I was never conscious that I was becoming an icon or I'm not an icon, because my family, my kids, my husband keep me down-to-earth.
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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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I think a lot of us feel the need to always be connected, and finding time to relax and sometimes play is something that I think we all need to make more time for, especially me.
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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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Romy and I, we're learning how to share the xx with people who aren't in the xx.
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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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With 'Transformers,' I'm going to get to drive fast cars and have a lot of fun. That's what appeals to me about it. I want to have as much fun as possible.
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I think the hip-hop purists are purists through and through. They're here to criticize all of us. That's just how it is. We as MC's criticize each other. That's the nature of hip-hop.
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There are some things in this establishment that are fundamental... about which I shall deal plainly with you... the government by a single person and a parliament is a fundamental... and... though I may seem to plead for myself, yet I do not: no, nor can any reasonable man say it... I plead for this nation, and all the honest men therein.
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In two-parent households, women have increasingly entered the workplace, and in single-parent households, there is even more of a need for the adults to work. That means parents do not fully control their own schedule and have to scramble to find high-quality after-school options.
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She wanted an Italian sports car - with the sport still in it.
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This is about black people selling out other black people.
