Frederick Douglass Quotes
His zeal in the cause of my race was far greater than mine - it was as the burning sun to my taper light - mine was bounded by time, his stretched away to the boundless shores of eternity. I could live for the slave, but he could die for him.
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I'm not a big fan of doing what my mother wants me to do, like any daughter.
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I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
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Dave thought he was bigger than Van Halen the band. So there was this catfight going on for 10 years.
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I stand for freedom of expression, doing what you believe in, and going after your dreams.
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Tar sands oil is the dirtiest fuel on Earth. Because producing it consumes so much energy, a gallon of tar sands crude generates 17 percent more carbon pollution than conventional crude oil.
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I am not an oligarch. I am a servant and I try to align my interests and those of my investors.
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Because of lies, we can produce and invent a possible world.
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I'm not an artist that makes singles, I'm an artist that makes albums, and it's a totally different thing.
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We must curtail the flow of illegal immigrants across the Mexican border.
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I used to sneak into my mother's closet and try to wear her lingerie to school.
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His mother should have thrown him out and kept the stork.
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I like how small you can be on TV.
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I have found, writing a blog, that being non-opaque is necessary. You pretty much have to say what you know in much more firm terms or risk that the legions who always know more than you do will tell the story better.
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The ads all call me fearless, but that's just publicity. Anyone who thinks I'm not scared out of my mind whenever I do one of my stunts is crazier than I am.
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Ever since I was a teenager, my style around girls has been kinda like 'laid back in da cut.'
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Truthfully, I've never seen myself as being too thin. Sometimes I'll look at photos and be like, 'Oh, that's not a good look.' But generally speaking, I'm not too thin.
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Tahini is fantastically versatile, its deep, nutty flavour a harmonious match with roasted vegetables, grilled oily fish or barbecued meat.
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As we get older, we tend to think it is less OK to be vulnerable and to feel what we feel. It's kind of bull. We all still feel things pretty deeply. It just becomes less socially acceptable to express that.
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Each day men sell little pieces if themselves in order to try to buy then back each night and weekend.
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Light held together by moisture.
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I'm gonna live where the green grass grows, watch my corn pop up in rows.Every night, be tucked in close to you.Raise our kids where the good Lord's blessed.Point our rocking chairs towards the west.Plan our dreams where the peaceful river flows.Where the green grass grows.
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Cocaine made my nose bleed right away. I thought why do I need a nose bleed? It would make me real nervous and talk really fast. I'm already pretty good at talking too fast. I thought, "Why do I need that?"
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[The currency of being celebrity] used to be only the elect had any manna in the information society and everyone else was a consumer.
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His zeal in the cause of my race was far greater than mine - it was as the burning sun to my taper light - mine was bounded by time, his stretched away to the boundless shores of eternity. I could live for the slave, but he could die for him.
