Frederick Douglass Quotes
Mr. Lincoln was not only a great President, but a great man - too great to be small in anything. In his company I was never in any way reminded of my humble origin, or of my unpopular color.

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We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the dark.
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My life is proof that I don't need you to do what I do. If there's no one to see it, I'll watch it.
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The hardest thing in the world to do is to have someone in a seat in a theater laughing so hard that they're making weird sounds.
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Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career.
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From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
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I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
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Unfortunately, the United States has entered into several free trade agreements that do not sufficiently protect and support our manufacturing industries and the millions of American workers they employ.
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When I was younger, I thought about retiring.
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I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun.
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Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.
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After working so hard on the court, I find that snacks help me avoid late-afternoon energy lows.
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I can't do choreographed movement. It has to come from my heart... and my pelvis.
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That's a rule in the business. No tongue. You can't really get into it, otherwise, it's weird. I think that particular scene made his (Adam Brody) girlfriend jealous. There were issues.
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I now realize that I am a gay man before anything else. Other gays may think they're a Jew first, or black, or a banker, but I'm gay.
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At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a noble profession.
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A philosopher once said, 'Half of good philosophy is good grammar.'
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I grew up really poor and have always been the type of person who will work earlier or work harder or more than the other person to even the playing field.
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I always wanted to get out of Tokyo and in 1977, New York seemed like the most interesting place to visit. I didn't intend to live here- I just wanted to get out and see what was happening. I just happened to stay here then.
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Getting your screenplay right is the most important thing you'll ever do on your film.
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There's no conscious plan here; my whole life in politics as a state legislator and in Congress has been about strengthening the middle class.
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I don't actually believe in a clash of civilizations. I believe in a clash of the civilized and the noncivilized.
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Chiropractic is health insurance. Premiums small. Dividends large!
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I don't understand why we give up genres, and the Western is a great genre. It's a part of the rich history of cinema and who we are as we've evolved as people, as a community.
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Mr. Lincoln was not only a great President, but a great man - too great to be small in anything. In his company I was never in any way reminded of my humble origin, or of my unpopular color.