Carlisle Floyd Quotes
Socially I never was an outsider. I have never thought of the conflict element before frankly, but perhaps it was wanting to belong, and at the same time wanting to retain one's own personality.
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I voted for Barack Obama.
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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
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Reconciliation is a decision that you take in your heart.
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There is an expression now that is commonly used about these so-called internal conflicts which are not really internal, because they have connections to the outside world.
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There's a lot more to me than just power.
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For every reason it's not possible, there are hundreds of people who have faced the same circumstances and succeeded.
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First, people don't read novels off screens, and they don't have a tendency to shell out real money for books when they don't retain anything physically for their money.
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An image of the Earth, its landscapes, directly affects people. The beauty of the Earth creates enormous emotion, and through that emotion, you can transmit knowledge and raise consciousness.
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When I graduated, I was director of my school's sketch comedy group, and I knew that I wanted to be writing and performing my own sketch comedy. It kind of made me want to do my own one-person sketch group.
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There's no biography so interesting as the one in which the biographer is present.
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Every once in a while, something happens to you that makes you realise that the human race is not quite as bad as it so often seems to be.
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Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?
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I always say you can never be extravagant with beauty. Beauty is God made real. Beauty is life.
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As a musician usually music is your way out.
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I may have had a lot of luck in my life, but I still need to find a challenge in the game.
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The mere fact that so many continue to rise, year after year, out of just such conditions as you may think are fatal to your advancement, ought to convince you that you also can conquer your environment.
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Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
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I got lost one time for a couple hours. It was pretty bad. I got lost in a creek, and I couldn't find my way back. The cops even had to come.
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The man who has no money is poor, but one who has nothing but money is poorer. He only is rich who can enjoy without owning; he is poor who though he has millions is covetous.
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I'd rather do a great play than a mediocre play in New York. As much as I'd like to be seen in New York, that's not my driving motivation. My motivation is to play great roles, wherever they happen.
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One of the commitments I made to myself when I decided to write a book was to be brutally honest, particularly about myself.
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The US has not imposed democracy in Yemen, its people have.
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When I hear artists or authors making fun of businessmen, I think of a regiment in which the band makes fun of the cooks.
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Socially I never was an outsider. I have never thought of the conflict element before frankly, but perhaps it was wanting to belong, and at the same time wanting to retain one's own personality.
