Chauncey Billups Quotes
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Many a man owes his advancement very largely to his ability to converse well. The ability to interest people in your conversation, to hold them, is a great power.
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I studied the lives of jazz singers who would tour Europe, and... what I learned was life was big ride for them. They'd seen the dark side of humanity... but touring the world playing jazz, it was a truly carefree way of living. A great escapism, if you like.
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Why not a space flower? Why do we always expect metal ships?
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Beneficial in theory, so-called free trade agreements far too often have been detrimental to the United States economy and the manufacturing sector that forms its central pillar.
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We have heard time and time again in the course of our work how talking can help heal the hidden challenges we can't deal with alone.
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I do not make any apologies for my manner or personality. I come from a long line of very strong, black African-American women who neither bend nor bow. I haven't had very good modeling in submission.
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Once all struggle is grasped, miracles are possible.
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My lifestyle had made me a walking time bomb.
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I was freeborn according to the flesh; I am born of a father who was a decurion, but I sold my noble rank - I blush not to state it, nor am I sorry - for the profit of others. In short, I am a slave in Christ to a foreign nation for the unspeakable glory of the eternal life which is in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Speaking for myself, my very integrity as a human being needs to include my freedom to explore who I am both spiritually and sexually. Not just to explore - but to practice.
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I happen to be extremely left-brained; my instinct is to draw a chart rather than a picture.
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Power, in a nutshell, is the ability to get things done, and politics is the ability to decide which things need to be done.
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Inequalities of wealth lead to a dispersion in wealth for all.
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Most of the infections linked to human cancers are common in human populations; they are ubiquitous. They were present during the whole human evolution process.
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Human problems are complex. If something isn't complex it doesn't qualify as problematic. Very simple bad things are not worth troubling ourselves about.
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Hitherto the nude has always been represented in poses which presuppose an audience; but these women of mine are honest, simple folk, unconcerned by any other interests than those involved in their physical condition. Here is another; she is washing her feet. It is as if you looked through a key-hole.
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If I were the government I would have a special brigade of gendarmes to keep an eye on artists who paint landscapes from nature. Oh, I don't mean to kill anyone; just a little dose of bird-shot now and then as a warning.
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Radicalisation thrives on economic insecurity and exclusion. To create stakeholders in a peaceful world, people need opportunities to fulfil their potential and build good lives. Helping them is a powerful message of respect.
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Certainly it is correct to say: Conscience is the voice of God.
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Statistics show that diversity in the media is pretty dismal. Critical voices from women and people of color are missing from many important conversations.
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Shamefully we now learn that Saddam's torture chambers reopened under new management, U.S. management.
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I've never taken the easy route. I don't even know what that is!
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I drive a Range Rover almost every day, but my favorite is my '69 SS Camaro.
