Dennis Edwards Quotes
When The Temptations began, we wanted to be visual. So we did our own choreography and developed our own uniforms.
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Religious persecution may shield itself under the guise of a mistaken and over-zealous piety.
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I have a complicated relationship with the horror genre. I love it; I loved it as a kid growing up, and I watched Chiller Theater in New York. So I loved it, but then you do feel if you do it too much, you're stuck there.
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I act on my principles, whether they're popular or not.
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I'm moving forward to do the best.
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My family never owned a home. We leased.
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Motivated more by partisan politics than by national security, today's Democratic leaders see America as an occupier, not a liberator. And nothing makes this Marine madder than someone calling American troops occupiers rather than liberators.
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I love the game so much. I've been penalized. I've been fined. I have some regrets in my career. But for those four hours on Sunday, you can be free and just let it all go. Retiring had nothing to do with football; it had to do with my family.
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A storm swept the world in 1968. It started in Vietnam, then blew across Asia, crossing the sea and the mountains to Europe and beyond. A brutal war waged by the U.S. against a poor southeast Asian country was seen every night on television.
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If I waited for inspiration every time I sat down to write a song I probably would be a plumber today.
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I don't think it's a coincidence that 'The War Room' and 'A Perfect Candidate' are films that have been consistently shown and available for rental for 20 years. These are films that are more about the moment in which they were filmed: they also have a great deal to say about larger issues about who we are as a country.
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I don't think I understand the concept of regret. Because if I regret anything, that would mean, like, I hate myself.
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I can remember 1987 when I had my first amateur fight in Michigan, weighing 64lb. I was 10 years old. I was the youngest and smallest guy on my team. I can remember what I ate. There was this restaurant called Ponderosa, and my dad made me eat a steak. I was happy. It was a first round knockout. I slept with my trophy for two weeks.
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Does the imam have a legal right to build the mosque at Ground Zero? The answer is yes. But is it the right thing to do? The answer is no. And most Americans, and most moderate Muslims, join with me in that call.
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Anything that catches my ear, I'm into. Things that are different, that change what you're listening to.
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I think that cosmetic enhancements in my profession are just an occupational hazard. But I think, more culturally, I'm interested in starting the conversation about aging gracefully and how, instead of making it a cultural problem, we make it individuals' problems.
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I am the kind of writer that people think other people are reading.
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When I went off to the army when I was 17 years old, I believed in America and the rights of freedom. But today I believe my government is lying to the American people and that my president, George Bush, is a criminal.
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Accountancy prepares one to be able to run very different kinds of businesses, and my background prepared me for the music.
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You always think that 70 is the end of the road: 'Somebody died when they were 73; good life'. You're closer to death, and you better make sure you don't waste too much of your time doing things you don't want to do. No point in saying things you don't believe in.
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Some of the things I've done are really special.
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I really like hamburgers and French fries, and I don't consider myself some kind of gourmand.
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My crazy training-and-competition schedule leaves very little time to focus on my hair.
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When The Temptations began, we wanted to be visual. So we did our own choreography and developed our own uniforms.
