Jack London Quotes
Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
Jack London
Quotes to Explore
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The essential relationship across American history between black people and white people is one of exploitation and one of plunder. This is not, you know, necessarily about, you know, whether you're a good person or not or whether you see black people, you know, on the street, and you're willing to shake their hands and be polite.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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Marriage is a very good thing, but I think it's a mistake to make a habit out of it.
W. Somerset Maugham
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We all know guys who've had their hearts broken in real life; we just don't usually see it in the movies.
Zooey Deschanel
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I can sit and analyze everything and beat myself up and say you don't quite sing as good as you used to, you're writing better songs maybe than you used to, but to me it's just the journey.
Vince Gill
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Some people think that religion is not essential to society. I do not hold this view. I consider the foundation of religion to be essential to the life and practices of a society.
Babasaheb
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No matter what, you've got to always follow your passion in life and always keep learning.
Harold Hamm
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There's no such thing as a writer's block. If you're having trouble writing, well, pick up the pen and write. No matter what, keep that hand moving. Writing is really a physical activity.
Natalie Goldberg
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I was very, very thrown by the fact that I had to make some big changes in my life in order to be myself, but under this kind of movie-star banner.
Kate Winslet
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As a heterosexual man, I've never really doubted my sexuality, but I've had men in my life and thought, 'If I was gay, I'd be with him' - you know?
Garret Dillahunt
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I have a study now - I used not to. I also love working in cafes; ignoring noise is good for concentration.
Sadie Jones
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When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.
Samuel Johnson
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Any mind that is capable of real sorrow is capable of good.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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I want to take time to understand life. I want to travel. I want to be a better person, a better Mom. I want to
do something good with my life.
Angelina Jolie
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One of the baffling things about life is that the purposes of institutions may be ideal, while their administration, dependent upon the faults and weaknesses of human beings, may be bad.
Mary Barnett Gilson
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I'm not going to change the world overnight. It's one person at a time, and hopefully they're people in positions of power who can help people get in those roles and really, truly embrace colorblind casting.
Gabrielle Union
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We read too much Shakespeare at school, and view our parliamentary politics as dynastic drama, in which an impatient crown prince frets at his long subordination and begins to scheme for the throne he knows he merits, was promised and has earned.
James Buchan
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Life is not a matter of holding good cards, but sometimes, playing a poor hand well.
Jack London
