Frederick Douglass Quotes
Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm just a black hole for stuff. No one should ever hand me anything, because I get so easily distracted. I'll be like, 'Oh, look, something shiny!' I'm glad I never learned how to drive. I would be really dangerous.
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I have to be on such a strict diet constantly.
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If you ever meet an actor who's the child of actors, they'll never tell you that they wanted to be a star. But what I did realise early on was that I just wanted to be in that tribe.
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It's no secret that I'm my dad's biggest fan.
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The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.
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Our planet's lands and oceans are already stretched to meet the demands of 7 billion people. The human population continues to grow. The search for sustainable solutions is an economic and a moral imperative if we are to create the future we want.
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It gets pretty boring when all you are is the support system for a male character.
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Acting is great therapy - you get to do things you'd normally get arrested for.
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All novels attempt to cut neural routes through the brain, to convince us that down this road the true future of the novel lies.
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I had to start being aware of what I ate, what I'm planning to eat and take my twice-daily medication accordingly. That's not so difficult now, but when you're 10 years old, it's tough, let me tell you.
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The body dies, but the spirit that transcends it cannot be touched by death.
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I think I have a better sense of my weaknesses - being self-important, selfish and having a big ego probably triggers all the other stuff. I can see myself more clearly.
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You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.
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I used to play all the time. I would play football when it was light and read when it was dark.
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I happen to be the kind of reader who, if I like something, I don't want it to end.
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Women have seen that they have locked themselves up with feminist writing.
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God bless McNally, it's got some fantastic stuff in it, but it's no easy task to make a movie out of.
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Poison is in everything, and no thing is without poison. The dosage makes it either a poison or a remedy.
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Look at every action movie in Hollywood. Every leading man from Spider-Man to Batman to James Bond, 'Bourne Identity', every one of them possesses martial arts skills.
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There is no shame in confusion or fear. "There was only shame in the silence fear had produced. . . . It was the silence that betrayed us."
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Publicity gets more than a little tiring. You want it, you need it, you crave it, and you're scared as hell when it stops.
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The big issue of our time is trying to deal with extremism based on a perversion of religion and how you get peaceful coexistence between people of different faiths and cultures.
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'Interview' created indelible images of Pop Art that arrived on people's doorsteps every month.
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Find out just what any people will quietly submit to and you have the exact measure of the injustice and wrong which will be imposed on them.
