John Legend Quotes

Instead of investing our resources in locking people up, let's invest more of those resources in our fellow citizens so they don't end up in the system to begin with. And if they do, they can get back on their feet.

John Legend

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It's quite funny in that I once won Rear of the Year at my school! I was about 17 in the sixth form and we used to have an end of year celebration and give out different awards. I even got a little trophy!

Jessica Ennis-Hill

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I was hooked on aviation, made model airplanes, and never thought I would be able to fly myself. It cost too much. But then World War II came along and changed all that.

John Glenn

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As a chef, I had started working with groups like Share Our Strength and various local food banks in New York, raising money for hunger-related issues. And not only me, but the entire restaurant industry has been very focused on this issue.

Tom Colicchio

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I've talked to a number of actors who have gained weight for roles, and just the sheer physical toll it puts on one's knees and shoulders - no one wants to do it again. I'm 57 and I don't think I'm going to take on any job or go on vacation again and see to it that I can gain 30 pounds.

Tom Hanks

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I was eight when I played St. Joseph, and I told my mom from that moment on I wanted to be an actor.

Rory O'Malley

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I also think that what's wrong with all of us is that we don't show enough love toward each other.

Little Richard

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At the time I wrote 'Forever,' I had a 14-year-old daughter, and she was reading a lot of books about young love.

Judy Blume

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I think you want to try every sport possible just to experience life.

Jose Canseco

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The power of the American system of republicanism lies in its capacity to allow religious belief to be a competing, not a controlling, factor in American life.

Jon Meacham

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I was a big fan of amateur wrestling, and I loved it and dedicated my whole life to it for 20-something years, and it's not really a glory-getting sport.

Dolph Ziggler

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I was 5 years old when the stock market crashed; I lost everything.

Dick Van Dyke

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Stubbornness is a positive quality of presidential leadership - if you're right about what you're stubborn about.

Douglas Brinkley

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