Bernice King Quotes
Trump's election could be a blessing in disguise. This is the opportunity for America to correct itself.
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I am remarkably pleased with Obama. I had grave misgivings about him.
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I had this 'War and Peace' thing of wanting to experience war as a kind of incredible human enterprise. I even applied to Officer Candidate School. Then the practical side of me kicked in and I thought, 'I really don't want to get drafted.' So I went down to the physical and checked every psychological disorder and drug on the medical history form.
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A lifetime of low calories has come naturally to the longest-lived people in the world... in the Japanese archipelago of Okinawa.
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Creation's highest aim and most sublime result is belief in God. The most exalted rank of humanity is knowledge of God.
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The economy is not immutable; it's not about natural laws. It's about rules, and we make the rules.
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I eat a cheeseburger with French fries almost every day.
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The best time to release a film is on a festive date like Divali or Eid, or at a time when there are no big films three to four weeks before or after.
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I had an ethnic preference, if you will, for the warm weather, coming from Chennai. So I finally said, 'Look, can I move to California?' because every time I come here, it would be in the 70s or 80s, and there would be beautiful blue sky and warm.
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Why pay a fee for Internet content when a million free sites are just a click away? There's no incentive until people are too addicted to the Net to turn off their computers, yet are bored with what's available.
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Strike the right balance between your outfit and makeup. Make a statement with one, not both.
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If you think the system - not you - but if your viewers think that the current political system is working well and serving the interest of our country, then what we're doing will not be attractive.
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I was eight when I left Sarajevo, so I didn't really know very much about my culture and it was so important for me to go back to my roots and meet the people.
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I always did plays. When I was in kindergarten, I got chosen to be Alvin in 'The Chipmunks.' We did a Chipmunks song. I was always a natural performer. It was easy for me. I danced and I sang, and all that stuff. I felt like I'd be something in the arts, but it vacillated between being a dancer and a singer, or whatever.
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Stopping to think is fine for characters, but not for their creators. They have to work.
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I invented animals and birds – I had about two dozen. After working on them for six months, I sat down and just for fun wrote two dozen poems to accompany the drawings. It was for no one to every see, but a friend sent me in to an editor.
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Don't we all know why nerds do what they do? To get money, which leads to popularity, which leads to girls.
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It also seems that the Afghans themselves want to avail themselves of this opportunity and all recognize that the UN is uniquely qualified to help bring them together.
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One-sided national economic triumphs cannot be achieved in the increasingly interwoven global economy without precipitating calamitous consequences for everyone.
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Good Dems are good Dems. They want a representative that really reflects their values.
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The Trump family's business model is part of a broader shift in corporate structure that has taken place within many brand-based multinationals, one with transformative impacts on culture and the job market, trends that I wrote about in my first book, 'No Logo: Taking Aim at the Brand Bullies'.
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America loves to watch people growing and getting better.
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I'm so grateful. I worked on some really quality projects as a kid and I was really lucky for the opportunities I got.
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It's not fair to say that people who work with their head or with their hands ought to pay taxes, but people who earn their living with capital ought not to.
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Trump's election could be a blessing in disguise. This is the opportunity for America to correct itself.
