Frederick Douglass Quotes
I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety.
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I have not been a good father, but no father has loved his children more. Like my father, I decided the best thing I could do for my kids was work and provide. Fortunately, I've been able to do that. Unfortunately, my work was on the road, and that's meant a life of one-nighters.
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Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.
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I will never sign to a major record label again. If, by some mega fluke, a record of mine looked like it might break big, I'd try and do it via an indie or somehow license it. I'm not having my music owned by those corporate bastards again.
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I'm not a runner, and I always dreamed about just throwing on my sneakers and really knocking everyone's socks off with my joy of traversing the world by foot.
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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
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We all have our strengths and our failings.
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I had no style when I was 17! I look at teenagers now and say, 'I wish I'd looked like them when I was that age.' I had no style whatsoever, but style also wasn't as prominent as it is today. I was just very laid back, usually wearing jeans and tank tops and flip flops.
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We must adjust our value systems and work to modify today's societies, in which economic interests are carried to the extreme and irrationally produce not merely objects, but weapons of war. These societies don't care about the destruction of the planet and mankind as long as they earn profits - it can't go on like this.
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I don't sleep. I hate those little slices of death.
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I picture my books as movies when I get stuck, and when I'm working on a new idea, the first thing I do is hit theaters to work out pacing and mood.
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Most men say they can cook pasta, but I think you should find a little bit of an unusual angle on your pasta and make that your signature dish.
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So never lose an opportunity of urging a practical beginning, however small, for it is wonderful how often in such matters the mustard-seed germinates and roots itself.
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My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out.
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The older I get, the less I know. By that I mean the less I am sure of. I view people with strong opinions on the big stuff with distrust. I don't think we should have certain certainties on faith and politics; I think we should be open-minded.
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People used to say I'm weak in comedy. But, with 'Mahesh Khaelja' and 'Dookudu,' I have proved that I am good at comedy.
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I always felt a little worm inside me: 'Now you need to write a novel with a woman protagonist.'
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I can't say I follow it, but I've watched 'Downton Abbey' a couple of times and loved it.
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I learn my songs by ear.
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I've made more than 50 records with a wide range of music. I've often veered to check something out.
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I wrote 'The Room', 'The Birthday Party', and 'The Dumb Waiter' in 1957, I was acting all the time in a repertory company, doing all kinds of jobs, traveling to Bournemouth and Torquay and Birmingham.
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I'm not that much of a socialist compared to Eisenhower.
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I know what labels and artists need, along with the consumer.
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I recognize the Republican party as the sheet anchor of the colored man's political hopes and the ark of his safety.
