Chief Joseph Quotes
I would give up everything rather than have the blood of white men upon the hands of my people.
Quotes to Explore
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You should never say 'D'Brickashaw' and 'bust' in the same sentence. You should never even think that. It should be D'Brickashaw, Pro Bowl, D'Brickashaw, Jets, Super Bowl.
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I'm very proud of my Nigerian heritage. I wasn't fortunate enough to be raised in a heavy Nigerian environment, because my parents were always working. My father was with D.C. Cabs and my mother worked in fast food and was a nurse.
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There's nothing scarier than unlimited choices.
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My first audition happened to be for 'Kindergarten Cop,' and I took that role. I was only starting to learn English at that point. Spanish is my first language, so they made me a speaking character in the movie. I didn't really know I was shooting a movie. I was just having a lot of fun with 30 kids my own age.
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If you live in rock and roll, as I do, you see the reality of sex, of male lust and women being aroused by male lust. It attracts women. It doesn't repel them.
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I went to high school in New York City. So, I grew up in New Jersey my whole life, and I was watching all the people and all the kids that I met there become so jaded.
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A man notices a woman's figure when she walks in a room. Women have eight million words for blue; a man says dark blue or light blue.
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I don't drink coffee.
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The atomic bomb made the prospect of future war unendurable. It has led us up those last few steps to the mountain pass; and beyond there is a different country.
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I do have a television over there - it was a gift - but I never turn it on. I'd rather read a book.
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Man is a mind betrayed, not served, by his organs.
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That's a comic cover's job: Attract someone's attention and persuade them to try the issue out.
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I'm a real optimist.
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Design must be functional, and functionality must be translated into visual aesthetics without any reliance on gimmicks that have to be explained.
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To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.
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My grandparents on my father's side came to this country from the Caribbean with a strong connection to Africa and no shame about it.
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My heroes are the camera crew and the electricians. They work such long hours.
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A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.
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There is a better place, the hard but joyful work beyond struggle, beyond the shadow of a doubt. It is our real home, the long-remembered future when everything worked and things made sense.
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I can't love you unless I give you up.
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We have been the most prodigal of people with land, and for years we wasted it with impunity. There was so much of it, and no matter how we fouled it, there was always more over the next hill, or so it seemed.
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You must never underestimate the power of your righteous influence.
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I had experiences or exposure to music in church. I went to a church, it was very unique. It was a predominantly African American Catholic church. So they would have - one mass would be traditional church music, and then the other mass would be gospel music.
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I would give up everything rather than have the blood of white men upon the hands of my people.
