J Mascis Quotes
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I've grown up with girls that are like Precious. I've grown up with people that are like everyone that I read about in that book. And so years later, when I was given the role, I just felt a huge responsibility to show the reality of that situation and to show that we're not making it up.
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I have a great sensitivity to kids. I have a great sensitivity to the people that fall between the cracks.
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I like talking one-on-one to everyone. I find it really sort of cathartic and interesting to hear people's opinions.
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Many people resented my impatience and honesty, but I never cared about acceptance as much as I cared about respect.
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What people are looking for are candidates and representatives that are going to work hard, tell it like it is. I'm unafraid to do things when it doesn't poll well.
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I was in my mid 20s when email finally took off. Until then, the phone was my primary way of connecting with the people in my life.
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I'm not trying to be Mr. Universe, but I want to stay in shape.
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I remember in the '80s, Randy Travis was my guy. He's the reason I moved to Nashville, and I just loved him. But at some point when he was winning everything, you find yourself pulling for other people.
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Black people must address itself to the causes of poverty. That's oppression in this country.
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I realise I have inadvertently become a source of inspiration and hope for people in India simply by the fact that I grew up there, went to my local university, but could go on to do well internationally.
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I created my own charity called My Peak Challenge. We've been able to raise hundreds of thousands of pounds. It's helping change people's lives, and I've had lots of wonderful letters about it.
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To be honest, accents are one of those things for me, personally, that usually come quite naturally by just listening to the people.
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I do things, and other people laugh at them. I rarely know what the joke is supposed to be or why they're laughing.
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I am an author, and like many in my profession, I am also a traveling salesman, going all over in an attempt to persuade people to spend twenty-five dollars on a hardcover book by me.
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I was elected to the Senate in 2010 by people worried about our country, worried about our kids and their future.
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It's human nature to want to be with other people.
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I know what people laugh at. I know their vocabulary.
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The big businesses are less willing to take risks. I talked to some young people in Hong Kong, and they said they are lost. Young people indeed have fewer opportunities than before. But is it true that there are no more opportunities for them? No!
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Never abandon the possibility of attack. Attack even from a position of inferiority, to disrupt the enemy's plans. This often results in improving one's own position.
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The minister should preach as if he felt that although the congregation own the church, and have bought the pews, they have not bought him. His soul is worth no more than any other man's, but it is all he has, and he cannot be expected to sell it for a salary. The terms are by no means equal. If a parishioner does not like the preaching, he can go elsewhere and get another pew, but the preacher cannot get another soul.
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I felt no stigma whatsoever in becoming the third Mrs. Gifford.
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Design is how you make your first impression with your consumers. Make sure it is a lasting one.
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With the man the world is his heart, with the woman the heart is her world.
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People have to do what they want to do.
