"It's only when an American steps outside of their own culture that you see how integral it is."

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Jess Row

#Culture Quotes #Steps Quotes

“There comes a time in every life when the world gets quiet and the only thing left is your heart.”
“At sixteen I get drafted. When I read the draft notice, I cry. Not because I'm a coward - I'm not afraid of anyone. But I don't want to kill or be killed.”
“The special forces gave me the self-confidence to do some extraordinary things in my life. Climbing Everest then cemented my belief in myself.”
“You don't just have to be influenced by rock, or goth, anymore. It's okay to say, 'My influences are Tin Pan music from Bali and Rihanna.' There are still so many combinations that haven't been done yet.”
“I believe that professional wrestling is clean and everything else in the world is fixed.”
“When everything changes we learn who we really are. Whatâ€™s really important. What we want most. We discover the truth in moments of disarray.”
“I LOVE my friends neither with my heart nor with my mind. Just in case... HEART might stop. MIND can forget. I Love them with my Soul. SOUL never stops or forgets.”
“We have never been more detached from one another, or lonelier. In a world consumed by ever more novel modes of socializing, we have less and less actual society. We live in an accelerating contradiction: The more connected we become, the lonelier we are.”

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