If a jerk burns the flag, America is not threatened, democracy is not under siege, freedom is not at risk. - Gary Ackerman

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A room without books is like a body without a soul. ― Marcus Tullius Cicero

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I have too much respect for people to try to control them. But they are estranged from love, afraid to reach out and touch one another. We're afraid to appear sentimental or speak in platitudes because people will say, 'What a jerk!' It takes courage in our culture to be a lover. - Leo Buscaglia

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Movies always are open to being remade because times change so much, and the tempo of movies changes. I think of it like a James Bond. They can have different actors play the same role... I've had people come up to me and say, 'We want to remake 'The Jerk' with so and so.' And I say, 'Fine.' It just doesn't bother me. It's an honor actually. - Steve Martin

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Hemingway was a jerk. - Harold Robbins

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Any jerk can have short-term earnings. You squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, and the company sinks five years later. - Jack Welch

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You're either humble or you're not. If you were a jerk before the fame, you just become a jerk with a bigger spotlight. Whoever you are really comes through. - Oprah Winfrey

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If your method in correcting others leaves them worse than you met them, correct yourself. ― Zain Abdul Nassir

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I love jerk chicken. I could literally eat it every single day of my life. I also like curry goat, rice and peas, and ackee and saltfish. For some reason, no one ever taught me how to cook, though. They've always cooked for me! - Justine Skye

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There's a knee jerk reaction in Washington when something isn't perfect to just add more money, add more personnel, it'll all be OK. That's not true, especially with complex issues like veterans health care. - Dan Crenshaw

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