Frederick Douglass Quotes
When men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap the whirlwind.
Quotes to Explore
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Plastic surgery is a postmodern veil.
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If someone has failed, that is not a deficiency for me. I think that he has more motivation. I've seen many examples where someone was successful first and failed later and failed first and then succeeded. If they failed in an honest way, I don't see it as a deficiency.
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I would literally have to go meet people so they could see I didn't have big red hair and wear high heels constantly. It was just really ingrained in people.
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Airplanes are interesting toys, but of no military value.
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There is no debate that social media is a great tool for networking with others in our industry. It can lead to friendships, support, and serendipitous connections with reviewers, agents, reporters, or editors.
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You have to expect the raps when you have achieved popularity as a writer.
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I'm not crazy. I play a lot of crazy characters, but I'm an actor.
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It takes a lot of dedication to quit smoking, and whether you give up for good on your first try or have to give it a couple of tries - just keep swinging at it and you will succeed.
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I'm not sure that when I read 'Treasure Island' for the first time, when I was about 10, I understood all the words or what was going on. But that didn't stop me reading it, and I certainly didn't forget it.
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It was never important for a wedding to be about anything other than me and my partner. A big celebration was never my cup of tea.
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The first aspect of a business that you need to make it work well is money. Once the money aspect is flowing, you can freely work on other aspects.
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It kind of varies according to what I'm doing and what my situation is, but, most of the time, I have no idea what I'm doing until the day of.
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I continually acted up to get attention. My father gave me that, and once he left, I felt that I didn't have any.
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Let us not bankrupt our todays by paying interest on the regrets of yesterday and by borrowing in advance the troubles of tomorrow.
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It's what great artists do. They suffer and feel more within the human condition than others. They're not better for that, just more sensitive, and there's a burden to that.
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Being a pop-leaning, female artist, you'd think that I'd have my record company breathing down my neck and trying to control everything I'm doing. Actually, they've just kind of let me take the wheel.
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You must be a power on earth, and must therefore accept all the consequences of this position.
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Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wavelength of ours all they hear is a continuous scream.
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She’s all for not letting the sun go down without having started something calculated to stagger humanity.
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I've been lifting weights since I was literally 15 or 16 years old. My muscles are short and powerful and built to lift heavy weights, not to be graceful and glide around a dance floor.
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Why should men be constrained by antiquated stereotypes of masculinity? What does it even mean to 'Be a Real Man' anymore? Shouldn't we all be celebrating a wide range of definitions of manhood?
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Men of most renowned virtue have sometimes by transgressing most truly kept the law.
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Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men but from doing something worthwhile.
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When men sow the wind it is rational to expect that they will reap the whirlwind.
