Martin Delany Quotes
Every people should be the originators of their own destiny, the projectors of their own schemes, and creators of the events that lead to their destiny -- the consummation of their own desires.
Quotes to Explore
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In America, music is more tightly categorized.
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The mind is but too naturally prone to pleasure, but too easily yielded to dissipation.
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At the present moment, the security of coherent philosophy, which existed from Parmenides to Hegel, is lost.
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Leaving all the glamour and air-kissing aside, at the end of the day, fashion is about operations and getting things done. The best way to be successful, therefore, is to learn from the people who do it best.
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The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida.
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The publishing industry is an archaic and inefficient industry.
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Once a song's out there, it's no longer mine. And that's the whole purpose of music: to belong to people.
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A novel, I think, is partly about the contemporary and partly about the eternal, and it's the balance of that that's difficult to achieve.
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I believe that life is a journey towards God, and that no one has the right to insist that you go a certain road.
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I generally wake up at 4:30, have breakfast No. 1, then get to the pool by 5 a.m.
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Be assured those will be thy worst enemies, not to whom thou hast done evil, but who have done evil to thee. And those will be thy best friends, not to whom thou hast done good, but who have done good to thee.
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If I did a talk show, this would allow me to speak on what's happening at that moment. I can be current, and I get to flex my stand-up muscle but stay at home without doing the traveling.
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English football is so physical and fast that when you see a space, you have to go into it with all your speed.
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I believe that we should be able to marry whom ever we choose. As long as both people are willing... I say go for it!
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I'm tired of fighting. I've always known that I can't be an action star all my life.
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My view is that while you do occasionally have differences you ought to have a process where you can sit down and talk about things. How else do you solve problems?
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I was such a tomboy as a kid, and I'm a dancer.
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'The Good, the Bad, the Weird' is about individuals fulfilling their desires and just going the distance to fulfill that desire.
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Pleasure is Nature's test, her sign of approval. When man is happy, he is in harmony with himself and his environment.
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Comedy is obviously a matter of personal taste and the world always needs a clown and some people have no taste at all and any clown will do.
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For states in demographic decline with ever more lavish social programs, the question is a simple one: Can they get real? Can they grow up before they grow old? If not, then they'll end their days in societies dominated by people with a very different worldview.
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Every people should be the originators of their own destiny, the projectors of their own schemes, and creators of the events that lead to their destiny -- the consummation of their own desires.
