Ella Baker Quotes
I had been friendly with people who were in the Communist party and all the rest of the Left forces, which were oriented in the direction of mass action.

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Christianity, if false, is of no importance, and if true, of infinite importance. The only thing it cannot be is moderately important.
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I love surfing more than cricket, more interesting and you meet great people.
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The question we all face is what sort of culture we will live in for the rest of our lives and then hand on to the next generation - one that embraces these most basic of values, or one that collapses because of their absence.
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Belgian chocolate is my weakness. I like over 72 percent cacao, which shows you how much of a dark chocolate snob I am.
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She knew what all smart women knew: Laughter made you live better and longer.
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When I was in the private sector, I found it immensely useful to go out and talk to customers and co-workers.
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I didn't have traditional stage fright. If there was 500 people in the audience or three people in the audience, it didn't really make a difference. What made a difference was the conductor. Everything that I was scared about as a drummer was him.
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I wanted a personal-finance tool for people who didn't want to be accountants: something you could set up in ten minutes and spend less than five minutes a week on. Mint is now that tool.
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I'm tired of defending my character. I am what I am.
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It is a remarkably easy thing to do, pointing out the faults of others and suggesting remedies or courses of action in an argumentative and pedantic sort of way, and I am still amazed that there are many people in the American media who are paid very big money to do this.
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Despite overwhelming support for the United States to adopt English as its official language, we have still not taken that important step.
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I make big objects that are simple, bright and clear, kind of ironic but hopefully funny because I love the shapes, and I get inspiration from toys and books, and I believe in art for everyone.
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Are your people uncomfortable during meetings and tired at the end? If not, they're probably not mixing it up enough and getting to the bottom of important issues.
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You learn from the things that happen in your career. You get up and down. You never give up. All the things that happened in my career, thank God it happened early rather than late in my career.
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I want to keep pushing my boundaries. One of the biggest things I learned from 'Unbroken' is that you can go a lot further than you think you can. We often underestimate our actual capabilities.
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Capitalism is using its money; we socialists throw it away.
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I keep pushing buttons and trying to grow as a person and as a filmmaker.
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'Power Play' is a morality tale for our post-Enron world and - not incidentally - wildly entertaining. Nothing wrong with that.
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I believed, after writing 'Mrs. Kimble,' that I knew how to write a novel. I quickly discovered that I only knew how to write that novel. 'Baker Towers' was a different beast entirely; and I felt as though I had to learn to write all over again.
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Some people have special resources inside, and when God blesses you to have more than others, you have a responsibility to use it right.
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I'm very proud of being Italian-American, but people don't realize that the mafia is just this aberration. The real community is built on the working man, the guy who's the cop, the fireman, the truck driver, the bus driver.
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So many people say you have to remember to grab hold of your bride or groom and spend time with them. I think if we had done a traditional wedding, we would have been doing it for everyone else, but this was about the two of us.
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People recognise me when I'm holiday on the beach.
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I had been friendly with people who were in the Communist party and all the rest of the Left forces, which were oriented in the direction of mass action.