Bernie Mac Quotes
I learned hard lessons in life; I had to because I had so much happen: My mother died my sophomore year in high school. The next year, same day, my brother dropped dead. Two years after that, I got married because my girlfriend got pregnant. The year after my wedding, my father - who I had only recently met - died.
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Alienation as our present destiny is achieved only by outrageous violence perpetrated by human beings on human beings.
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You want to find out what it is about you or what it is about your past and your lineage that's in you now, and whether you carry those traits and maybe what one's mission is to take it to the next level.
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The more you are getting older, you lose a little something. Of course there is another advantage, because of your long experience you can use it.
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A small pay discrepancy between men's and women's salaries for the same job may seem inconsequential. But over the years, salary discrimination adds up to a significantly smaller pension.
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I think it just came to a point where I made a decision to do better with my life and health. And that is only by God's grace because there are no guarantees.
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What people say isn't going to stop me. I have to do things for myself.
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Dancing has always been a passion of mine.
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I don't get this whole super-skinny obsession. I really think women look more beautiful when they let their curves show.
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Black women as a group have never been fools. We couldn't afford to be.
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You don't get to the highest levels of the sport without having the basics in order.
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I went to church when I was younger, but it was never something pushed down my throat or anything, which is a good thing. I found out for myself where I belonged.
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Sometimes, poor people don't smell too good, so love can have no nose.
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Religions work for their own aggrandizement - strengthen the church and so on - and they use reinforcers of one kind or another to get obedience and so on from their communicants.
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Throughout out history, when people have looked for new ways to solve their problems, and to uphold the principles of this nation, many times they have turned to political parties. They have often turned to the Democratic Party.
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I never left a team in worse shape than I got it. Not once.
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I think some people like me because I'm different. I don't think like everybody else. People are so tied up in the worst parts of technology these days. They live a life pressing buttons. They don't use their imaginations.
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I'm a sensualist. My two main indulgences are dark chocolate and massages.
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One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to hell without perspiring.
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I come from a middle class family, and my parents weren't too supportive of my career choices.
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To me, British fashion has a story. It has history, and I feel it's very much about our culture.
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I am not a person of faith. I'm a Catholic. I was brought up Catholic, but I'm not a church-going sort of girl. I'm very spiritual. I pray every night. I believe in Heaven and Hell, but I'm not a person that goes to church, like, every Sunday.
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Politics is not really my thing.
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A quitter never wins and a winner never quits.
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I learned hard lessons in life; I had to because I had so much happen: My mother died my sophomore year in high school. The next year, same day, my brother dropped dead. Two years after that, I got married because my girlfriend got pregnant. The year after my wedding, my father - who I had only recently met - died.
