Bessie Smith Quotes
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I loved the world of imagination.
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Five guys on the court working together can achieve more than five talented individuals who come and go as individuals.
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In America, black urban teenagers have long been lacking in inclusion. In France, there is a comparable lack of inclusion among North Africans. In much of Europe, there has been little attempt to include the Roma.
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I want to go into science class and awaken that spark that makes learning possible.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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You begin to realize that the genius of our country is the constant push to be more inclusive and find new ways of engaging everyone.
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The tech industry - and, more specifically, Silicon Valley - continues to stumble forward in earnest about how few women are represented in its top ranks of management and on its boards.
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I am definitely a dog person. I feel like Webster and I are very much alike.
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I don't think you get to be pope without making some enemies, like you do when you're president.
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In U.S. sports, you tend to be pretty strictly limited by the size of your team's market. When we heard that Villa was a club here that might be available, I had a strong feeling that a team in the West Midlands could be the chance to create something very special.
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There's nothing like taking two flights when you have a horrible hangover. It's bad when people can see actual alcohol seeping out of your disgusting pores.
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When the soul, through its own fault... becomes rooted in a pool of pitch-black, evil smelling water, it produces nothing but misery and filth.
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For me, I never, never, from the moment I started acting, had a desire to be famous.
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There's a smartphone gait: the slow sidewalk weave that comes from being lost in conversation rather than looking where you're going.
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A solid family, as they say. They join me on location if they have a chance, but I can also be home three or four months doing nothing, so I probably see my kids more than people who work constantly all year long. If that changes, we'll have to have a family meeting.
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I've always had an interest in vampire films - not just 'Nosferatu,' but there are many others that I have enjoyed: Abel Ferrara, Coppola, Neil Jordan.
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I have never known stage-fright at any time.
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It's often the death of the show when you break the tension and the two lead characters get together.
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The drummer is stereotypically the dumb guy. Maybe that's why I always respect drummers who do more than drum.
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If it's not 100 per cent pure maple syrup, it can't be called 'pure maple syrup.'
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Truth and love will overcome lies and hatred.
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I didn't want 'Mudbound' to feel stylized in any way.
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I travel because I want to know. Books and documentaries will only get you so far. If you want to know, you will have to go.
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I don't want no drummer. I set the tempo.
