Malcolm X Quotes
Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.
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I come from an immigrant family, but I know no other nationality apart from British.
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There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms.
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Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
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I want to be able to make people laugh and cry and feel happy or sad and feel all these different emotions through singing and acting. Hopefully throughout my career, I'll get to pursue them.
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Village cricket spread fast through the land.
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If you've got unemployment, low pay, that was just too bad. But that was the system. That was the sort of economy and philosophy against which I was fighting in the 1930s.
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Yes, politics IS war without bloodshed; and war is an extension of those politics.
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I began to understand my sensations, to know what I wanted, at around the age of forty - but only vaguely.
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I love sailing but hate cruise ships.
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I don't need fame any more. People are less interested in me in terms of celebrity. I'm happy to see a new generation being the media focus. I'm happy my day is done. It's over.
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The media is an ally when it comes to showing the truth about terrorist groups. Attacking the media will not produce a more compliant citizenry. It will produce a more alienated, suspicious and disenfranchised public, one more likely to chafe under a government's attempts at control, all to the benefit of terrorist groups.
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It is impossible to imagine Goethe or Beethoven being good at billiards or golf.
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With the Lincoln assassination, the South didn't feel it could mourn along with the North. But Garfield was beloved by all the American people. He was trusted and respected by North and South, by freed slaves and former slave owners. Also by pioneers, which his parents had been, and by immigrants.
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Alanis Morissette - I love how she's not afraid to say what she wants to say. Love it or hate it, she's going to say it. And her vocals are crazy; they're amazing, and I also love how her music is really organic.
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I think I surprise some people because a lot of the time, I roll out of bed and go to school, and it's like I don't wear anything that interesting sometimes.
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Energy has become a national security issue and as technology continues to improve, there will be more debates like the one on Keystone.
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Actors who perhaps are super-confident and have absolute belief in themselves I always admire, because I can't really be like that. Because you never know what's right: what you feel inside versus what is portrayed.
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You want your partner to objectify you.
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All some folks want is their fair share and yours.
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After spending 22 years in Ohio, I love everything about New York.
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I taught world history. I understand there was an Ice Age... seasons come and seasons go. I do not believe the world's going to end because of the 2 percent man-made greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere. And even if it were, we're not going to stop it.
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I'm a hot mess when it comes to any physical activity. My body just pours sweat. Not a lot of people know, but I always have my trusty inhaler with me. When I start to have even a little bit of an asthma attack, I just start dripping sweat. It's my body's emergency system.
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I am excited to work with NBC News to continue to highlight stories of organizations and individuals who make their communities and our world healthier, more just and more humane.
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Usually when people are sad, they don't do anything. They just cry over their condition. But when they get angry, they bring about a change.
