Henry John Deutschendorf Jr. (John Denver) Quotes
I would so much like young people to have a sense of the gift that they are. Not many of them feel like that.
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As long as I have my health, I want to be reporting somewhere.
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Science without respect for human life is degrading to us all and reflects a hollow and deceptive philosophy, a philosophy that we as a people should never condone.
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It took me just three months to pick up Hindi. I guess I'm a fast learner when it comes to languages.
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However, as our brave men and women continue to return from the battlefields of the War on Terror, Congress must respond by enacting policies that meet the evolving needs of the veterans community.
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I wouldn't let a biopic be made on me. That's because I don't believe in them. I don't like them.
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I am a certified yoga teacher and I love to cycle and swim.
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I write in order to attain that feeling of tension relieved and function achieved which a cow enjoys on giving milk.
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My dad always used to tell me that if they challenge you to an after-school fight, tell them you won't wait-you can kick their ass right now.
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A cap on carbon is important because it sets a specific goal for reducing carbon emissions 80% by 2050.
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Like most struggling writers trying to get their scripts commissioned, I had to do something odd to pay the rent. So, aged 21, I started up my own small cheesecake company in Philadelphia.
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We want to be two-way players; that's the best thing.
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As an actor, I have casting issues. I'm a minority. I don't have trouble making a living, but as far as being on the food chain of the pecking order of actors, I'm not at the top of it. With the jobs that I do, there are always control issues with directors and producers.
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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've got great people who handle my schedule, and everything does revolve around the children. If there's a parents' night or an Easter bonnet parade or a Nativity play, whatever it might be, then I plan everything around that.
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If you want to live a long life, focus on making contributions.
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As a little kid, I watched hip hop get created. So it's an honour for me to represent the Bronx, the motherland of hip hop.
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The stakes are very high for us in Haiti. We have many important interests there. Perhaps the most important to me is our interest in the promotion of democracy in this hemisphere.
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Entrepreneurs are risk takers, willing to roll the dice with their money or reputation on the line in support of an idea or enterprise. They willingly assume responsibility for the success or failure of a venture and are answerable for all its facets.
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I lived around the corner from Saul Bellow.
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Do not take yourself too seriously. You have to learn not to be dismayed at making mistakes. No human being can avoid failures.
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The United States would seek more than the mere reduction or elimination of atomic materials for military purposes. It is not enough to take this weapon out of the hands of the soldiers. It must be put into the hands of those who will know how to strip its military casing and adapt it to the arts of peace.
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I remind young people everywhere I go, one of the worst things the older generation did was to tell them for twenty-five years 'Be successful, be successful, be successful' as opposed to 'Be great, be great, be great'. There's a qualitative difference.
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It would be awesome to be so impressive that we could sway people to our way of thinking just by declaiming our thoughts, but probably most of us lack such gravitas. Luckily, there's something even better: evidence, logic, and argument.
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I would so much like young people to have a sense of the gift that they are. Not many of them feel like that.
