Freeman A. Hrabowski III Quotes
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I have never once dribbled the whole field and scored a goal by myself.
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I don't want to sound corny; everyone tells you what it's going to be like to have kids and you're like, 'Yeah, yeah, yeah, sure.' And then you have kids, and in an instant nothing in the world matters except for this stranger, because this person comes into the world and in an instant all your focus and priorities becomes these kids.
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I have great faith in fools; self-confidence my friends call it.
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I think we all have our own mission, duty, fate in life so for me somehow I think I am always walking on the edge of life and take risks.
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I look at WorldstarHipHop in the morning, Bossip, Global Grind, and everything in between, but it's all so quick, I don't even think about it. And I've never been a fan of lyrical or socially conscious rap music.
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So we want an Islamic state where Islamic law is not just in the books but enforced, and enforced with determination. There is no space and no room for democratic consultation. The Shariah is set and fixed, so why do we need to discuss it anymore? Just implement it!
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Ending wars is very simple if you surrender.
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Seek that which within lies waiting to begin the fight of your life that is everyday.
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I see no conflict whatsoever between Christianity and good business practices. People say you can't mix business with religion. I say there's no other way.
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I would say that 'Shake It Up' was a chance for me to do two things I really love: acting and dancing.
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It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.
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When you look like you stepped out of a catalog, that's never good. People shouldn't succumb to trend, they should interpret trend.
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I've never graced the cover of a fashion magazine.
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The checks and balances is a way to prevent government from either devolving into an autocratic tyranny or an autocratic mob mentality.
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I am an Anglo-Catholic in religion, a classicist in literature and a royalist in politics.
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Autonomy: the urge to direct our own lives. Mastery: the desire to get better and better at something that matters. Purpose: the yearning to do what we do in the service of something larger than ourselves. These are the building blocks of an entirely new operating system for our businesses.
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Original thought is like original sin: both happened before you were born to people you could not have possibly met.
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I make out a play list for every character and buy the records they would listen to; it helps me find their personas. What they play, where they stay, who they lay, is my matrix for character development.
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Night brings out stars as sorrow shows us truths.
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Communism is the opiate of the intellectuals with no cure except as a guillotine might be called a cure for dandruff.
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There is a particular set of values commonly associated with being professional. Experience, expertise, trustworthiness, wisdom, and good judgement are all attributes aspired to by senior professional people, be they doctors, engineers, lawyers, civil servants, or the clergy.
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I hated Sundays when I was growing up in Streatham, south London. Everything closed down and stopped.
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When you give of yourself, it's draining.
