C. L. R. James Quotes
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I turned a lot of people in white America - and not just white America, but middle-class America - into hip-hoppers, you know?
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I love the science-fiction genre because there's always so many endless possibilities! It's a limitless genre and can be fun playing around with otherworldly ideas.
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When we were on the farm, we were isolated, not just by geography but by the primitive living conditions: no electricity, no running water and, of course, no computer, no phone.
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Detroit's a good investment because, first of all, the entry fee for everything is lower. And, you've got the talent that is here that is ambitious and motivated, so you're going to get in on a much lower cost structure in every way, shape, or form from labor to buildings to whatever.
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I am glad. I am now an Olympic medallist.
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We're not going to do a Facebook game aimed at 35-year old women about farming.
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Love is an attempt at penetrating another being, but it can only succeed if the surrender is mutual.
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It is my policy to deepen the Japan-U.S. alliance and to deepen security and economic relations as well as personal exchanges.
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If you die in an elevator, be sure to push the Up button.
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I have Native American blood. I have African blood. I have European blood.
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I love to travel the world. My husband and I always travel and everywhere we go I've been to Italy, of course London, Ireland, and you just receive so much love.
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I can say without hesitation that there is certainly no greater show to be a contestant on than 'Price' - the prizes can be huge, and the whole world loves and watches the show. It's an American institution!
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Governor Jan Brewer and the Arizona legislature have created an environment in Arizona where performing is no longer a neutral act. They have created an environment where they can convert the normal commercial interaction between artists and their fans into the means to apply this racist law.
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I didn't even realize I was writing songs - I thought I was just being witty and sarcastic.
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No two beings, and no two situations, are really commensurable with each other. To become aware of this fact is to undergo a sort of crisis. But it is with this crisis in our moral awareness as a starting-point, that there becomes possible that cry from us towards the creative principle, and that demand by it on us, which each must answer in his own way.
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There is no happiness in love, except at the end of an English novel.
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The course of Nature is the art of God.
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A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.
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I've had nothing to do with the intelligence world since I left it, in any shade or variety.
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Against the bold, daring is unsafe.
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Confidence is a lot of this game or any game. If you don't think you can, you won't.
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I'm a big French fry girl. I try to avoid them, but sometimes you just need to indulge, so I go for it!
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If you are not their slaves, you are rebels.
