Malcolm X Quotes
America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem. Throughout my travels in the Muslim world, I have met, talked to, even eaten with people who in America would have been considered 'white,' but the 'white' attitude had been removed from their minds by the religion of Islam.
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Art breathes into life a surplus that is both vital and extraordinary.
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I think I would encourage leaders to start working with communities in order to inoculate angry, young teenagers.
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What can you say about a society that says that God is dead and Elvis is alive?
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I would never date a celebrity. I would want someone with real skills. Doctor, nurse, electrician... tailor.
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There's nothing scarier than unlimited choices.
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I don't think auditioning will ever faze me again after the 'Grease' TV experience. It was fierce. There were thousands of people auditioning in four cities. I flew from home in Minneapolis to audition in L.A. I waited in line all day. I arrived at 7 A.M. and wasn't seen until 6 P.M.
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Music is almost like a therapy for me. It helps keep me centered and think straight. Before I discovered it, I was walking around, and it felt like there were 25 extra pounds of gravity on my shoulders. It's like you're mute or something.
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I try to do my best.
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I tramped. When I was on the freight trains, I wasn't looking for work. I was looking to go from place to place without paying any money.
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I started riding the whole 'fluffy' train, and it's a cute word and socially a lot more acceptable than someone saying is fat or obese. If you call a girl 'fat,' yo, she'll raise hell, but if you say, 'Aw girl, look at you, you're fluffy,' there's almost a sexy appeal to it.
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Anyone should be able to read comics.
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My parents are divorced, and seeing that was really painful for me. Really painful for me. But that's also a big part of why I'm intrigued by the dynamics between people – because I was close to something that fell apart.
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Look, there ought to be politics in politics.
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Speed can't always get you wickets.
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Real genius of moral insight is a motor which will start any engine.
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No flying machine will ever fly from New York to Paris.
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Some people don't like long bus rides, but I love them. There's sort of a sense of solitude.
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I don't think the deficit of the country is a Republican issue or a Democratic issue. I think it's a country issue. I don't think worrying about the reindustrialization of America is a Republican or Democratic issue.
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Tell him I mind having to look pretty, that's what I mind, because it is so much more of an effort.
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In many ways I wish I wasn't an actor dragging around the baggage from being one so that I could just devote my energies to encouraging people to find their true selves.
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Our immigration policy should be driven by what is in the best interest of this great country and the American people. Comprehensive immigration reform will strengthen U.S. security and boost economic growth.
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Describe your product in terms of what it does not in terms of what it is.
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I've never liked the word 'celebrity.' I like to photograph people who are good at what they do.
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America needs to understand Islam, because this is the one religion that erases from its society the race problem. Throughout my travels in the Muslim world, I have met, talked to, even eaten with people who in America would have been considered 'white,' but the 'white' attitude had been removed from their minds by the religion of Islam.
