Dennis Banks Quotes
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I grew up with injustice and could do nothing about it. But once in America, I had freedom of choice.
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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You will die but the carbon will not; its career does not end with you. It will return to the soil, and there a plant may take it up again in time, sending it once more on a cycle of plant and animal life.
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When you promise something, you must fulfill it.
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We must continue research into new forms of energy and into more efficient use of existing energy sources.
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There is one system of justice, demanding that all be held accountable when laws are broken.
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One theme I ran into over and over while writing about the periodic table was the future of energy and the question of which element or elements will replace carbon as king.
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The reason can only be this: heroic poetry depends on an heroic age, and an age is heroic because of what it is, not because of what it does.
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I am trying my best to strike a balance. How many hours a day can I work? I work for 12-15 hours a day; it gets very strenuous. I balance between Telugu, Tamil, and Hindi.
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Unless we provide consequences for activities and actions that are wrong, we are not going to get any truth.
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Our goal definitely isn't to sell Stripe.
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No one pays me to be nice.
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Almost immediately, I remember right when Tikrit even fell, a few days after Baghdad fell, there was talks of insurgency, there was talks of jihad and of resisting the American occupiers, and slowly this turned into an organized movement.
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All I ever wanted to do is make music.
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When kids are met with the highest expectations and given the extra supports they need, they can be as motivated as kids anywhere.
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Vegetarians in general don't like me.
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I was the family alien. Both my parents are quite creative, but I was... appalling... always putting on little shows. I was rather a shy child, not a natural performer, but there was a performative edge to everything I did.
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One has to have the courage of one's pessimism.
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I have never observed that the religious are more eager to die than the rest of us poor mortals.
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Don't be afraid to give your best to what seemingly are small jobs. Every time you conquer one it makes you that much stronger. If you do the little jobs well, the big ones will tend to take care of themselves.
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I do hope the success of 'Ms. Marvel' will open doors for other characters and other creators.
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I think about the Internet and cell phones and jets and spaceships, and I wonder, 'What's going to make that look ancient?'
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And I wasn't convinced that I was the most talented person in the world.
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I'm on this road for the rest of my life.
