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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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 think the most un-American thing you can say is, 'You can't say that.'
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There's no substitute for the practice of meditation.
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When you hear 'Truth of Touch,' I believe you recognize that it is me; however it's not the typical Yanni album.
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Over the last half century the television interview has given us some of TV's most heart-stopping and memorable moments. On the surface it is a simple format - two people sitting across from one another having a conversation. But underneath it is often a power struggle - a battle for the psychological advantage.
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And what we're doing in Ohio is we're moving from a basic manufacturing economy to one that's diversified, including energy and health care and agriculture and IT.
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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.
