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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You may have occasion to possess or use material things, but the secret of life lies in never missing them.
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I hate to lose the constituency that I've worked with, but I've got 170,000 people to meet in my new district.
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Strong emotional connections between individuals, customers, and salespeople that trust each other will always be 10 times more powerful than the most expensive ad campaign. That's the power social media makes possible.
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Humor's a weapon if you want to make it one.
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I can bring a crowd down. There should be a contest for that.
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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.
