Jon Huntsman, Jr. Quotes

For those of us who have lived abroad and seen our nation in a highly competitive 21st century, and kind of see where this world is going - unless we are able to strengthen our core, we're going to see the end of the American century. And that is totally unacceptable.

Jon Huntsman, Jr.

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I'm playing a cop in Chicago. So I have to look beefier - like a guy who eats steak and potatoes.

Jesse Lee Soffer

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Everyone lives by selling something.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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America is as much a black country as a white one. The lives and destinies of the white American are bound up inextricably with those of the black American.

Amiri Baraka

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Our first priority is to cut taxes.

Steve Mnuchin

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Yes, my works... are enshrined in museums, but I don't care if the pieces fall apart in 20 years.

Sigmar Polke

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You're standing onstage in a sold-out arena with people singing your music, and you feel like the loneliest person in the world. Because here's a party that, essentially, it's for you. And you still somehow feel like you don't belong there. Those people all have their lives and go back home.

Trent Reznor

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Discipline is not always internalized and actually can breed resentment among children.

Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi

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Terrible things happen all of the time, and they can happen in a second. The best thing is to be prepared to react. If you try to control every little thing, you're going to end up miserable - and you're going to fail.

Jason Isbell

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But I remember the moment when my father died. I wasn't a very committed Catholic beforehand, but when that happened it suddenly all felt so obvious: I now believe religion is our attempt to find an explanation, for us to feel more protected.

Javier Bardem

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Government serves Christ's kingdom rule; this is its purpose. And Christians' purpose in politics should be to advance the kingdom of God - to make it more real, more tangible, more present.

Josh Hawley

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Gender is not an easy conversation to have. It makes people uncomfortable, sometimes even irritable. Both men and women are resistant to talk about gender or are quick to dismiss the problems of gender. Because thinking of changing the status quo is always uncomfortable.

Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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The book, 'Citizen,' begins with daily encounters, little moments, places where language reveals how racism determines how we interact.

Claudia Rankine

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