Chuck D (Carlton Douglas Ridenhour) Quotes
My mother went to university, my father didn't. But they are very educated, very wise people. My father went to the military, so he's worldly.
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I read part of it all the way through.
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I have programmed myself to be at least 105 years old.
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Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.
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I received a D.Sc. from the University of London in 1992.
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Fear and its accompanying emotional reactions have become part of the public mindset. Such reactions, while often legitimate, are also being exploited with increasing frequency for political ends.
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In my state, over 17,000 households are going hungry on a regular basis.
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How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.
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I have been involved with the USO really my entire life. The first show I did for the USO, I was nine years old.
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With The Key, it was, I had gone through a divorce and losing my father, and just kinda really reminiscing about how much I loved the traditional side of country music, so I made a record that was really traditional from start to finish.
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You get caught up in hitting home runs and seeing how far you can hit them, and your swing changes.
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My mom was on welfare and the occasional food stamp, but I have never participated in any of those governmental programs, even the ones that kind of work like education, scholarships and whatever, and I managed to do just fine.
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Born Berlin 1931, Germany, father a British diplomat, mother an American artist. Educated at various schools all over the world. 1958 Settled down to live in London. 1966 Became interested in photography through photographing my young children. No formal training.
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I like second chances. I've given people second chances. You have fall-outs with friends, and forgiveness is a great thing to have. It's not easy to forgive. I definitely don't forget, but I do forgive.
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First of all, we haven't always welcomed immigrants.
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It is not enough for me to ask question; I want to know how to answer the one question that seems to encompass everything I face: What am I here for?
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I came out the box and for seven years I had a huge career. And then it's done, it's dumped. But I ain't gone, and I refuse to be gone.
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Ireland, in breadth, and for wholesomeness and serenity of climate, far surpasses Britain; for the snow scarcely ever lies there above three days: no man makes hay in the summer for winter's provision, or builds stables for his beasts of burden... the island abounds in milk and honey.
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My specialty was baked potatoes with cheese melted over broccoli. I was also very good at melting cheese on bread.
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I'd been a psychiatric social worker for 17 years, but within 24 hours after I started the case against studying reading Bible in school by my son, I was fired from my job as a supervisor in the city public welfare department. And I was unable to find another one. So my income was completely cut off.
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Carter is doing a high-wire act over a cesspool, preaching all the way. Sinclair Lewis, thou shouldst be living in this hour. We have a Warren Harding impersonating Elmer Gantry.
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Sometimes I feel like there are just too many things weighing on my mind at once, and I can't control my thoughts or even my body at times.
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Today baseball is currently enjoying a run of more than 14 years without interruption, a record that would have been inconceivable in the 1990s.
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My mother went to university, my father didn't. But they are very educated, very wise people. My father went to the military, so he's worldly.
