Mario Van Peebles Quotes
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One of the prices that we pay for integration was the disintegration of the black community.
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I tried to play rugby but was never very good.
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The insurgents are Baathists and Sunnis in Iraq who have as their goal a separate and distinct one of toppling the government that is there and creating their own.
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Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.
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In a way, I'm lucky that I was never classically trained and never went to a music college. I'm just from a normal working class family and happened to get obsessed with music as a teenager.
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I've always been a rough kid.
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Of course as children, we all, in all cultures and societies, learn behavior from observation, imitation, and encouragement of various kinds. So by the suggestion made, we all 'pretend' most of the time.
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You know, we're really destroying ourselves because we're really making the motivating force of anything we do selfish.
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There are people who go clad in tunics and have nothing to do with furs, who nevertheless are lacking in humility. Surely humility in furs is better than pride in tunics.
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I don't pay attention to the media. You guys can say whatever you want. At the end of the day, at the end of the season, if we're doing well, you guys are going to be there.
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While marriage is historically associated with dire obligation and clipped wings, I've found that it actually liberates you to take on adventure and achieve your dreams. I like to call my husband 'my person.' Find your 'person,' and you can do anything!
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I think there are a lot more important things than art in the world. But not to me.
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I love the science-fiction genre because there's always so many endless possibilities! It's a limitless genre and can be fun playing around with otherworldly ideas.
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I'm guilty of eating Magnum bars before I go to sleep at night.
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If I present a boring personal life to my readers, it's going to be harder for them to think of my novels as thrilling.
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Cussing ain't for everybody.
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All wisdom does not reside in Delhi.
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Man has an innate capacity for violence, but can only justify it in the name of justice.
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My choice was to ruin my son's life by giving him money or giving 90-plus percent to charity. Not much of a choice.
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Money means better meals at better places.
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My mother taught me to love my work. I learned everything about business from her.
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If we examine our thoughts, we shall find them always occupied with the past or the future.
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The transgender community deserves the dignity and respect that most people take for granted.
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I'm not in business to make money.
