Cobi Jones Quotes
It just proves that I've been here for a long time and, I guess, have done the right things over the years.
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I don't much care whether rural Anatolians or Istanbul secularists take power. I'm not close to any of them. What I care about is respect for the individual.
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Texas is a pretty free state.
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There can be no literary equivalent to truth.
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If you're asking me where my heart and where I'm happy is, I love playing with Tom Brady. I love being coached by Bill Belichick.
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We are saved by grace, not by the works of the law. But don't be so quick to write the law off.
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With a popular show, you know that there's expectations there, so that's a little nerve-wracking when you're new and you're just trying to find your legs on something, but it's exciting, too, because that's what we work so hard for.
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I'm not very well known. However, the more well known you get, the more people are going to have expectations of you. Although that's great, it also imposes certain pressures.
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Some people think electronic music is cold, but I think that has more to do with the people listening than the actual music itself.
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Politics was my third act. But I could have a fourth. I don't know what that will be yet, but there will be one.
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We're raising a generation of kids who are being overly praised for incredibly minor accomplishments. I think it's counter-productive.
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All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.
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Even President Obama has not suggested he could get another country to pay for building a wall between Mexico and the United States.
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I WAS born a slave; but I never knew it till six years of happy childhood had passed away.
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Everything I've ever written, I had a very distinct vision of what I wanted it to look like. But, other directors never do it that way.
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Achievements are precious and timeless, just like the precious metal platinum. And what better way to celebrate milestones in your life than with precious platinum.
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All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.
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I felt like if I wasn't around, maybe my shot would be gone.
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Jokes that are gratuitously offensive are synonymous with bad writing to me. I'm offended as a writer first and as a person second.
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I believe very much that the most damning thing you can say about Muslims is that you're afraid to say anything because they'll hurt you.
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The trapeze was my first love. To me, it's normal. It's all I've ever known. But when I see other people's upbringings, I think, 'Hmm... mine was rather unconventional. Quite different!'
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Westerners often laud their children as 'talented' or 'gifted', while Asian parents highlight the importance of hard work. And in fact, research performed by Stanford psychologist Carol Dweck has found that the way parents offer approval affects the way children perform, even the way they feel about themselves.
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If I'm on form and I'm not being bothered too much by mental problems or whatever, I can whip out something good. That's why I've done quite a few overdubs for Tina Turner and things like that, because even before she made this comeback I said yes to her, just because I love Tina Turner.
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You write a song about how you think at the time, and then gradually you drift away from that, and when it's far enough in the past, that's when you think, 'Now I have to write something new.'
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It just proves that I've been here for a long time and, I guess, have done the right things over the years.
