Malcolm X Quotes
I just don't believe that when people are being unjustly oppressed that they should let someone else set rules for them by which they can come out from under that oppression.
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I don't keep people around me that aren't family. You don't get to stay. Unless you're eating at the table with us, you're not part. We eat together, we cry together, we live together, we die together. Everything that we do is for each other, and we care for another.
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Don't let nobody tell you that you can't do it. Love what you do until you don't love it anymore. Nothing's impossible.
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I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes.
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I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.
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I've had the good fortune of studying the 17th-century art of Amsterdam in preparation for a film.
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I know every politician spins the truth a little.
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Anyone who is interested in the psychology of children will have observed that whereas one child will resist temptation or seduction, another will easily yield to it. There are children who will hardly oppose any resistance to the invitation of an unknown person to follow him; others who react in an opposite way in the same circumstances.
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You have to find a way - and thankfully for me, it's been music - to separate yourself from the racial identity. It's not easy, and I continue to work, God bless, and I'm really, truly appreciative of it.
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In law school, I earned the respect of professors and served on the editorial board of 'The Yale Law Journal.'
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It's really important to find something you really enjoy - something you can focus on and be good at.
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Microsoft does platform, not really infrastructure, and they do a little bit of Saas.
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Usually people are questioning my athleticism more than my femininity!
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All the audience cares about is what you put up on the screen.
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You've got to eat while you dream. You've got to deliver on short-range commitments, while you develop a long-range strategy and vision and implement it. The success of doing both. Walking and chewing gum if you will. Getting it done in the short-range, and delivering a long-range plan, and executing on that.
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In 1930, I was at the top of my career. I won the Most Valuable Player award.
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If you have a passion and love for something, it's hard to give it up. I had jobs where the people were helpful and let me go to auditions, and I'd make up the hours another day. I was lucky in that respect: I could afford to get to London.
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A writer should have this little voice inside of you saying, Tell the truth. Reveal a few secrets here.
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I've had all that you could ask for. The fat lady has sung, and there's a standing ovation.
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I am so tired of ruggedly handsome heroes. I don't know too many ruggedly handsome people who are necessarily nice people. In fact, the beautiful people have a big handicap because they rely too much on their appearance and don't bother to become interesting.
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I don't mind what language an opera is sung in so long as it is a language I don't understand.
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Chess is a competition. Checkers is a competition. Mostly, I'm interested in doing real sports.
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Yes, I was on the cover of 'Vogue,' but girls on the cover of 'Vogue' are the most scared of rejection. Models are the most insecure of them all. Actually, actors and actresses are, and then musicians, and then models!
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There is honor in being a dog.
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I just don't believe that when people are being unjustly oppressed that they should let someone else set rules for them by which they can come out from under that oppression.
