Katherine Dunham Quotes
I really think that aside from admiring my talent you really admire me as a person and as a woman.
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I grew up in the suburbs of Sydney, an arid kind of place, but every day I took the ferry across the harbour to get to school. I'd watch the ships coming in and going out.
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We don't expect every operator to be Christian, but we tell them we do expect them to operate on Christian principles.
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My mum was a child minder, but now she fosters. My dad was in the police force, and now he's a private detective.
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I became friends with the leader of the underground vampire world. He had a fangsmith, so I had a pair made... It has become kind of my signature thing.
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I'm not a professional politician, I'm a problem solver.
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The State of Israel was not established by anxiety but, rather, through pride.
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Dream and you shall become.
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I would hate to look back on my life and go, 'You know, I wanted to do a rock n' roll album. I should have, and I never did.'
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Some people try to get very philosophical and cerebral about what they're trying to say with jazz. You don't need any prologues, you just play.
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There are lot memories to take home but the most emotional moment has been when I was touching down in New Delhi. Tears rolled down when I saw the red soil in Delhi from the plane.
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You know, everybody has a slogan, and once you beat people over the head with it so much, then that's what you'll eventually be called once you retire from the sport or whatever.
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I believe the record I was allowed to help establish by the side of the president was important.
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A society that has more justice is a society that needs less charity.
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I think that many black people thought this would be a wonderful and extraordinary thing, for a black family to occupy the White House. Not only black people; a lot of white people thought that, too, but particularly black people.
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They aren't interested in the fact that whenever they kick up dirt, the dirt rubs off on every one of us.
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Life is full of choices, and many years ago, I chose to become a vegetarian, and it was one of the best choices I’ve ever made.
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Be wise today; 'tis madness to defer.
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Children - change that to infants - dream of their past lives, remembering; for example, how to walk and talk. They are born with the knowledge of how to think, with the propensity for language. They are guided by memories that they later forget.
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I think difference of opinion is a good thing.
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A fight is a fight. And life is a fight. No matter how many fights you have under your belt, it will continue to be a learning experience. And you can never prepare yourself for every scenario. Awkward, odd, and difficult situations will always present themselves. You just have to stay cool and work through them.
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Every state that addresses climate change emboldens the others, just as shifting public attitudes embolden politicians and, arguably, the court system.
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Anthrax, it's something that gets you sick, it's horrible, strong. It's a heavy-metal band name if there ever was one.
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I really think that aside from admiring my talent you really admire me as a person and as a woman.
