Nell Carter Quotes
I searched for answers to life's meaning and, though I was raised a Presbyterian, I converted to Judaism around 1983.
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I always loved cars. I don't know why, I can't explain it to you. It has always been with me.
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Left-wing politicians take away your liberty in the name of children and of fighting poverty, while right-wing politicians do it in the name of family values and fighting drugs. Either way, government gets bigger and you become less free.
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I don't remember anybody's name. How do you think the 'dahling' thing got started?
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The struggle to get weapons is continuous, but the United States will aid us, if it finds Israel displaying a willingness for peace.
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If there is an authoritarian structure at St. Hill it has been brought into being by the government itself. St. Hill is trying to correct itself. It doesn't know what it's trying to correct because nobody has told it what to correct.
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In the child, consciousness rises out of the depths of unconscious psychic life, at first like separate islands, which gradually unite to form a 'continent,' a continuous landmass of consciousness. Progressive mental development means, in effect, extension of consciousness.
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The great thing about a culture of givers is that's not a delusion - it's reality.
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It was very hard for me to practice and enjoy my tennis, and I didn't know the why, so I worked with psychologists to try and see what was happening. They pushed me really hard.
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I went to Berlin to study psychology but decided that I was more interested in music and started an R and B band.
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I probably follow all sports a little bit. I like hockey quite a bit. I like football. I like college basketball when it gets down to March Madness. I like baseball. I enjoy them all. I watch them all.
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My creativity all comes from the same place. I wear one very comfortable, large hat.
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Hair is also a problem. I remember once, when I was reporting from Beirut at the height of the civil war, someone wrote in to the BBC complaining about my appearance.
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'Mahershala' is my nickname.
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I have never found, in a long experience of politics, that criticism is ever inhibited by ignorance.
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The perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception.
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It's still amazing, but when I was growing up, Harlem was the Mecca of black culture. I was so inspired by it, the aspirational feeling you'd get spending time there. Experiences that were really specific to that place.
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Employees that feel known and they feel like they know why their job matters and they have a sense of measuring it stay later, do extra work, and are committed to the organization above the requirements that they have.
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I like hard rock, and classic rock, and even metal.
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Being annoyed by carefully crafted internet personas was part of my carefully crafted internet persona.
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I can't remember a time when I didn't write or make up stories, because it seemed to come with reading.
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I don't have examples in my life of people who are all good or bad; I have deeply loved many people who are both, and I relate to those kinds of people on a far greater level.
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Humour is - how do I say this without sounding pompous - it's a huge part of my life.
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I try to have the motto of living life with no regrets.
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I searched for answers to life's meaning and, though I was raised a Presbyterian, I converted to Judaism around 1983.
