Emmanuel Jal Quotes
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Try and understand what part you have to play in the world in which you live. There's more to life than you know and it's all happening out there. Discover what part you can play and then go for it.
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I was practically driven to Rome in order to obtain the opportunities for art culture and to find a social atmosphere where I was not constantly reminded of my color. The land of liberty had no room for a colored sculptor.
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I never had plastic surgery. I had a nose procedure done because I had to. I had no cartilage in my nose; I have a piece of cartilage from my ear put into my nose. I had a medical procedure done. I have no plastic in my nose.
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I'm not an anti-capitalist, or anarchist. I want capitalism to work.
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Truth is tough. It will not break, like a bubble, at a touch; nay, you may kick it about all day like a football, and it will be round and full at evening.
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By the time a person has achieved years adequate for choosing a direction, the die is cast and the moment has long since passed which determined the future.
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'Dangerous' is an album that I was very dedicated to. I wanted every song to be a hit.
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I have always found women difficult. I don't really understand them. To begin with, few women tell the truth.
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I don't know how people recognize me.
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My friends I grew up with were so supportive to me. And I'm not the only one who's done well.
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My father is an amazing person.
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Nancy Reagan was a perfectionist, and I am not.
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I can make them voting machines sing Home Sweet Home.
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This is something caregivers have to understand: You have to ask for help. You have to realize that you deserve to ask for help. Because you need to keep on working on your own life.
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Home is where your rump rests.
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In the U.S., diversity is a politically correct slogan. In India, it is a historical fact. Much as we in the West may resent it, India has a lot to teach us when it comes to religious tolerance.
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I haven't fallen that much, but when I have, it's usually in the attempt to do something worthwhile. As for recovery, you just have to get up!
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Everything goes in waves. Evolution goes in waves. The ocean goes in waves. Energy goes in waves. Sound travels in waves.
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You think, 'You hired me because I'm a creative artist with a vision. Don't try and knock it out of me.'
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The study of history requires investigation, imagination, empathy, and respect. Reverence just doesn't enter into it.
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The majority of the time, they take air out of the football. I think that, for me, is a disadvantage.
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I have reared, or helped to rear, five children and the scariest bit, bar none, is the learning-to-drive part. It has filled me with anxiety not only about the children, but also about my former self and my friends.
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If we have a decent sort of cat to begin with, and have always treated it courteously, and aren't cursed with meddling, bullying natures, it's a pleasure to let it do as it pleases. With children, this would be wicked and irresponsible, so raising children involves a lot of effort and friction. They need to be taught how to tie their shoes and multiply fractions, they need to be punished for pocketing candy in the grocery store, they need to be washed and combed and forced to clean up their rooms and say please and thank you. A cat is our relief and our reward.
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Only a coward will use a gun to protect and get respect for themselves.
