Frederick Douglass Quotes
Right is of no sex, Truth is of no color, God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren.
Quotes to Explore
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In reality, it si more fruitful to wound than to kill. While the dead man lies still, counting only one man less, the wounded man is a progressive drain upon his side.
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More is required of public officials than slogans and handshakes and press releases. More is required. We must hold ourselves strictly accountable. We must provide the people with a vision of the future.
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Weddings are really good for making you feel terrible about yourself if you're not where you want to be in life.
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Only through loving and supporting one another, even in the face of unbearable pain and suffering, will this cycle of violence end.
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If I focus on being an activist and my job is to be a rapper, I'm not going to be as good of a rapper. I need to focus on hip-hop and focus on making the music, so that when the activists come to me and they need my voice to create a platform, then I've got enough people listening to me. Not because I'm conscious, but because I'm dope.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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My main focus is to help people through music.
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A lot of what the 'Culture' is about is a reaction to all the science fiction I was reading in my very early teens.
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I work in areas related to child protection and family safety, women's empowerment, the creation of opportunities for youth, and culture and tourism. Daunting? Yes. Impossible? No. In fact, such challenges energize me.
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As educators and policy makers, it is important to demonstrate for parents the connection between high levels of student participation in assessment and system accountability - ensuring the success of every student.
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Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
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I am always a beginner. I only try to include different parts of life; the pastoral, the tragic, et cetera.
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Senator Wyden continues to be the Senate's truest champion of an open Internet.
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A lot of money eliminates a category of worry. If your car breaks down, you're still going to get through the day. But it doesn't make you a happy person if you weren't a happy person before.
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Christmas was always a big holiday in our family. Every Christmas Eve before we'd go to bed, my mom and dad would read to us two or three stories and they would always be 'The Happy Prince,' 'The Gift of the Magi' and 'Twas the Night Before Christmas,' and I would like to keep that alive.
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I found that the quality of TV material that came to me was so great and was just often better than the film material I got. And when I find a good movie that I really like, I jump on it because it's exciting to do.
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A lot of my skills came from university. We did everything from stage work to operating the sound boards to marketing shows and more.
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Movies are a commercial medium. We don't make movies to impress our friends and critics. It's an expensive medium. We have to gain money from it.
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People I looked up to a lot were, you know, Oprah because she had a rough childhood but overcame so many obstacles and broke barriers to become who she is. It was really eye opening to me: just because I had a rough childhood doesn't mean that I can't make something of myself.
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I want my son - and my kids, if I have more - to grow up in a way that is as anonymous as possible. The fact that his father and I have chosen to do the work that we do doesn't give anybody the right to invade our privacy.
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I always feel as if I stood naked for the fire of Almighty God to go through me--and it's rather an awful feeling. One has to be so terribly religious to be an artist.
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We regard God as an airman regards his parachute; it's there for emergencies but he hopes he'll never have to use it.
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My parents were lovers of books, and they raised us in a manner that viewed freedom and subversion as indispensable.
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Right is of no sex, Truth is of no color, God is the Father of us all, and we are all Brethren.
