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The words are all around but the words are only sounds and no one ever seems to listen.

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Jack Johnson
Age: 68 †
Born: 1878
Born: March 31
Died: 1946
Died: June 10
Athlete
Boxer
Galveston
Texas
John Johnson
John Arthur Johnson
Galveston Giant
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We've all got the blood on our hands, we only receive what we demand.
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I get nervous when I fly I'm used to walking with my feet.
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What about your mind, does it shine?
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Guys who do a lot of running and jumping around cannot get themselves set to throw a hard punch.
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You need aspiration if you want to really achieve greatness in this world.
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It's always better when we're together, somewhere in between together.
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Plato's cave is full of freaks.
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All caught up in the trends, well the truth began to bend.
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We get to go out into the schools and work with the kids on connecting them to their food at a young age, to actually see where their food is coming from, to see that their food is coming from the earth and not just from a supermarket. Once they make that connection, they can start to build upon that.
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I never took singing lessons. I guess, I feel comfortable with it, but I do not feel like a singer. I never want to sing without a guitar in my hand. I consider myself more of a songwriter, rather than a singer. I could never be in a wedding band and just sing Marvin Gaye songs.
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Looking at himself, but wishing he was someone else. Because the posters on the wall, they don't look like him at all.
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I never doubted the issue from the beginning. I knew I was too good for Burns. I have forgotten more about fighting than Burns ever knew.
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Plexi, plexi, bend don't shatter. Once you're broken, shape won't matter.
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There were so many fewer questions when stars were still just the holes to heaven.
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He gets his courage from the can, it makes him feel like a man.
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love's just a waste of energy and life's just a waste of time so why don't we get together we could waste everything tonight
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Sometimes I just start humming something, find a melody I like a lot, and if it sticks around for a couple days, a few words will lock themselves into place. I might just get the first line. Then words just keep falling into the syllables. The choruses kind of write themselves and verses I have to work at a little bit.
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My friend told me later he got the chicken pox. I told him I caught politics and never got over it.
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Going far beyond that call of duty, doing more than others expect, this is what excellence is all about! And it comes from striving, maintaining the highest standards, looking after the smallest detail, and going the extra mile. Excellence means doing your very best. In everything! In every way.
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It takes a long, hard effort and sustained determination to reduce crime. We will stay the course and we are confident that the numbers will continue to go down.
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