Bernard Hopkins Quotes
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I think I was probably an early teenager when I discovered Bessie Smith, Ma Rainey and a bunch of people that are on a long list of artists. They were important to me, especially as an early adolescent.
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I was practically driven to Rome in order to obtain the opportunities for art culture and to find a social atmosphere where I was not constantly reminded of my color. The land of liberty had no room for a colored sculptor.
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As a musician myself, it annoys the hell out of me to watch an actor trying to play a guitar out of time with the music.
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I don't make much distinction between being a stand-up comic and acting Shakespeare - in fact, unless you're a good comedian, you're never going to be able to play Hamlet properly.
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The world is all gates, all opportunities, strings of tension waiting to be struck.
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The world is changing. Networks without a specific branding strategy will be killed. I envision a world of highly niched services and tightly run companies without room for all the overhead the established networks carry.
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Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves.
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I think the thing I'd like to do is just educate the people to some of the travesties they can end.
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From the age of 14 to about 20, I bombarded record companies and DJs with my demos. I was desperate to get it out there. Most of the time, I got nothing back.
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I don't putt face-on exclusively, but in the back on my mind I'm haunted by the notion that I'm sure it's the best way to putt.
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One day, though, I was asked if I'd like to go to the University of Florida and become a Gator.
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A P2P business is a company that creates a platform which allows individuals or 'peers' to directly buy and sell from each other. This activity has sometimes been called the 'sharing economy.' Some are wary of these new companies and the challenge they pose to the established market.
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I've always wanted to do a lot of things.
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The principles governing Western democracies, of which Israel rightly considers itself a part, are based on the assurance that everyone has a vote, but also that the minority needs to yield to the wishes of the majority.
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There are actors who aren't on the cover of magazines but still decide what work they want and when they want it. I want a family one day. So I dream of really being able to decide when to work and when not to.
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Medicine, you have to take it. A vitamin is nice to have, but honestly, you can skip it.
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I am glad. I am now an Olympic medallist.
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One man's wage increase is another man's price increase.
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I was always hearing that I was pale and thin and small.
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I have deep faith that the principle of the universe will be beautiful and simple.
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We are not diplomats but prophets, and our message is not a compromise but an ultimatum.
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We may also fitly remember that Satan has his miracles, which, though they are deceitful tricks rather than true powers, are such a sort as to mislead the simple-minded and untutored Thes, 2:9-10 ... Idolatry has been nourished by wonderful miracles, yet these are not sufficient to sanction the superstition either of magicians or of idolators.
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I'm just kind of really interested in athletes as artists of a pretty serious variety and people who devote themselves to what they do in a really incredible way.
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If you smoke, plain and simple, stop smoking. If you drink, plain and simple, stop.
