Bernice King Quotes
We are carrying collectively a lot of trauma, especially those of us in the African-American community. And if we're not careful, it'll overtake us, and we'll self-destruct.
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I feel my story has been exercised very thoroughly and very frequently.
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But there's no reason why we should abdicate our foundational principles because certain groups don't believe in them. You know, no majority should surrender its deeply held beliefs to those who don't believe in anything.
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I want to be an animated character. I'm also doing more writing and directing.
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Kindness in women, not their beauteous looks, shall win my love.
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Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.
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The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.
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There is a strong sentiment within the Tea Party that favors a stronger America on the global stage, and with that comes a strong alliance with the State of Israel.
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Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.
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It seems like bluegrass people have more great stories to tell than other musicians.
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To make the child in your own image is a capital crime, for your image is not worth repeating. The child knows this and you know it. Consequently you hate each other.
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Reality is never as bad as a nightmare, as the mental tortures we inflict on ourselves.
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Before my son was born, I use to tell people that I was looking forward to no longer being the star of my own movie; then Harry came along, and it was like, 'Whoa, I'm really not!'
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When I make a film, I am hoping to reinvent the genre a little bit. I just do it my way. I make my own little Quentin versions of them... I consider myself a student of cinema. It's almost like I am going for my professorship in cinema, and the day I die is the day I graduate. It is a lifelong study.
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If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.
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I don't know why, but I respond well to tortured characters.
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Whether we like it or not, men and women are not the same in nature, temperament, emotions and emotional responses.
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For a startup, you need to stay small so the others don't attack, or you aim to be one of the big guys. If you don't do it right, you might lose everything.
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Museums are western inventions where the rich and the powerful or the government and the state tend to exhibit the signs and symbol and images of their culture.
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Effective teacher support in my mind is the same thing as effective management. Our teachers need strong management, just like anyone in any profession.
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I worked on 'Happy-Go-Lucky' for seven-and-a-half months, and I'm in it for two minutes - largely because Sally Hawkins turned left instead of right.
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I think as any artist you always want to grow; you always want to get better.
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Owners sometimes think their dogs have already suffered so much that they couldn't possibly inflict any more criticism. Yet it's that very firm, effective training that would make those dogs happier and more secure.
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The eventual place the American army should take on the western front was to a large extent influenced by the vital question of communication and supply.
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We are carrying collectively a lot of trauma, especially those of us in the African-American community. And if we're not careful, it'll overtake us, and we'll self-destruct.
