Bill Ayers Quotes
I would say for the young: Don't be straight jacketed by ideology. Don't be driven by a structure of ideas.
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I could never see a book written in a foreign language without the most ardent desire to read it.
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I never read the tabloids.
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If I like a book, I tend to read the author's entire collection. But I choose mainly through personal recommendations, general word of mouth and book reviews.
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I'm very proud of my records, but my most natural creative tendencies have been in live performing. There's a beautiful element to recording and making records, but I've always felt a little shy with it.
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I live in a bus and go from place to place and sometimes feel very detached from what's going on.
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The most powerful words in English are 'Tell me a story,' words that are intimately related to the complexity of history, the origins of language, the continuity of the species, the taproot of our humanity, our singularity, and art itself.
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I had maybe watched 'The Apprentice' a couple of times. I didn't know that in later seasons they deported half of their contestants into tents in the backyard. They called it Trump's trailer park.
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Good is somebody who delivered and allowed the company to overcome obstacles, without leaving a profound impact on its culture. Great is somebody who leads his company to achievements and performance and value that nobody was expecting it had.
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I believe America is the most powerful country in the world and is a country that stands on principle. Its principles are enshrined in its very foundation and constitution, and it has a duty to serve humanity. America has a duty to follow its conscience to reject repression. It must reject oppression. It must reject humiliation.
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The teachers are trying to build the same culture in the classroom as we're building in the organization.
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You would not believe that Paula Patton and I have the same trainer.
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There are times when the writers ask us to improvise. Sometimes the animators are inspired by what you do, and sometimes you are inspired by what the animators do.
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We have a project with Unocal here in Los Angeles, where we as an environmental organization, the oil company, and the state all get together to promote the recycling of used motor oil.
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When I was a junior, boys were allowed to come visit me at the house. We could sit on the porch until about 8 o'clock at night; that's when it started getting dark. That was it.
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Bin ich ein Gott? Mir wird so licht!
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A pigeon a day keeps the natives away
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I believe the main task of the spirit is to free man from his ego.
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At the end of 2000, most investors were optimistic that a return to quick gains could not be far off.
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The task of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there.
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Social media amplifies both the good side and the dark side of human nature. ... Notwithstanding human ignorance, freedom of expression is essential.
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This is the hardest part for me. Just the waiting - the waiting to fight. The work has all been done, and you just have to wait.
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I do my talking inside the Octagon.
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I would say for the young: Don't be straight jacketed by ideology. Don't be driven by a structure of ideas.
