Frederick Douglass Quotes

Jefferson was not ashamed to call the black man his brother and to address him as a gentleman.

Frederick Douglass

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• I like films to be complete in their written form.

  

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• My worst expectations never happened.

  

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• The mistake of the West was to put the Sauds on the throne of Saudi Arabia and give them control of the world's oil fortune, which they then used to propagate Wahhabi Islam.

  

  Salman Rushdie
  • World
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• I was a good decathlete until I got with a coach that really knew how to train specifically for the event... I'd really describe it as like being a juggler; you have ten balls and you're trying to get them all in the air at the same time.

  

  Dan O'Brien
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• Life is not always easy to live, but the opportunity to do so is a blessing beyond comprehension. In the process of living, we will face struggles, many of which will cause us to suffer and to experience pain.

  

  L. Lionel Kendrick
  • Life
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• I've done 20 takes of a Vine before it goes out.

  

  Maisie Williams
  • Done
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• I am insecure. If you ask me, everybody is.

  

  Kate Winslet
  • Insecure

• I spent a good amount of my time - like a lot of guys my age - obsessing and blowing things up with G.I. Joes. I know it well.

  

  D. J. Cotrona
  • Up
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• I think I'm a songwriter. I grab an instrument to make my body a song, but I'm not a player as such, maybe a little more on guitar, but certainly not piano.

  

  P. J. Harvey
  • Song
  • Player
  • Body

• If I was a condiment, I'm gonna go ahead and say I would be Sriracha, because I go well with other things. I'm too much for some people, and hipsters like me.

  

  Ike Barinholtz
  • People
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• Soon, I'll be like all the others. The time will come for all of us, but the ideas of the Cuban Communists will remain.

  

  Fidel Castro
  • Time
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• I graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with an English literature degree and travelled for a year before going to work.

  

  Natalie Massenet
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• Violence is a big problem. Too many children are dying. Too many children. We must do something.

  

  Gabrielle Giffords
  • Children
  • Problem
  • Violence

• Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Woman
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• We have a history of great producers - ABBA and Max Martin - we have proof of people being successful from Sweden.

  

  Zara Larsson
  • People
  • Great
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• The most important tool of my trade was a mirror.

  

  Lana Turner
  • Important
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• I did not think I would be able to do myself justice if I had to speak to the players in English. I would not be able to get my emotions and feelings across.

  

  Ottmar Hitzfeld
  • Myself
  • Justice
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• All the Junos, the Grammy nominations, the gold and platinum records, did nothing to assuage my conviction that I was an out-and-out loser.

  

  Dan Hill
  • Gold
  • Nothing
  • Loser

• One of the most bitter complaints of craft brewers is that big beer wins consumers by introducing beers whose names resemble the names of actual independent beers. After New Belgium came out with a popular beer called Sunshine Wheat, MillerCoors, through its Leinenkugel brand, came out with a beer called Sunset Wheat.

  

  Elizabeth Flock
  • Independent
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• And part of that is, what is the point of having children if you don't have the privilege of bringing them up?

  

  Bob Geldof
  • Up
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• My brother and I did theater in high school, and were both in Pennsylvania Youth Theatre. It was awesome. When you go to Los Angeles, it's a rough city, and it's hard. You drive around in your car in your own little bubble, and there's tons of rejection. Being from the Lehigh Valley helped because it was something so stable.

  

  Kate Micucci
  • School
  • High
  • City

• On Sunday, we will Skype relatives - my brother lives in America, my best friend is in Canada, and Ryan's family are all in Australia.

  

  Katherine Kelly
  • Family
  • America
  • Friend

• My parents were very protective of me and my brother, so they never talked to us about the situation in our country.

  

  Ana Ivanovic
  • Country
  • Parents
  • Brother

• Jefferson was not ashamed to call the black man his brother and to address him as a gentleman.

  

  Frederick Douglass
  • Black
  • Brother
  • Gentleman