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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The conflict between religion and science is inherent and (very nearly) zero-sum. The success of science often comes at the expense of religious dogma; the maintenance of religious dogma always comes at the expense of science.
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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'm a full-time mom right now and a part-time actress.
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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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I like to help others and count it as my greatest pleasure in life to see a person free himself of the shadows which darken his days.
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Some people think that being in government for a long time is a bad thing. But the more you stay, the more you learn. I am now an expert in governance.
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It gives me a huge buzz when people say they've enjoyed my books, because this grew out of a hobby, and it's an absolute passion, and it's lovely when I get feedback.
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People love to be nice, but you must give them the chance.
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It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job.
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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.
