C. L. R. James Quotes
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I don't ever know where I'm going. Because one of the wonderful things about writing, which is different than working in programming, you don't need to know. You could just write and discover where you're going. And it's a great deal of fun.
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Both chronic, long-term poverty and downward mobility from the middle class are in the same category of things that America likes not to think about.
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I had done some TV movies that were great experiences but, no, I wasn't looking to do a series.
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Japan is not a Western democracy. The Japanese have kept their traditions, culture and heritage, but they have joined the community of free nations.
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All rappers are princesses like me.
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When I get dolled up to go out, men turn their heads and I'm used to it. But I think all women are sexy and should embrace that side of themselves.
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I was looking to explore the theme of good and evil, so what better inspiration than the comics? I'd developed a relationship with DC and Warner Bros. when I donated a sculpture of Catwoman to the 'We Can Be Heroes' campaign a few years ago. That's what started it.
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I've decided to tell my kids things like: 'I love the way each of you tilted back your heads when you laughed.' I will give them specific stuff they can grasp.
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When you're doing a Broadway show, you have no free time.
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I like Chanel mascara because it has the darkest black. For my eyebrows, I brush them through to keep them groomed and in place. And for my lips, I wear lip balm. I use Kiehl's Lip Balm #1. It's really helpful during fashion week. If I keep up with these three things, I feel like I look very fresh, young, and natural.
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I discovered Deborah Ellis's books in the school library after my head teacher encouraged me to go beyond the school curriculum and look for books I might enjoy.
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I wouldn't be doing this dumb ass live-stream if I wasn't, so get over it.
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The seat of faith, however, is not consciousness but spontaneous religious experience, which brings the individual's faith into immediate relation with God. Here we must ask: Have I any religious experience and immediate relation to God, and hence that certainty which will keep me, as an individual, from dissolving in the crowd?
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Childhood living is easy to do The things you wanted, I bought them for you Graceless lady, you know who I am You know I can't let you slide through my hands Wild horses couldn't drag me away Wild, wild horses, couldn't drag me away.
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For Poirot, uttering a hoarse and inarticulate cry, again annihilated his masterpiece of cards and putting his hands over his eyes swayed backwards and forwards, apparently suffering the keenest agony. 'Good heavens Poirot!' I cried. 'What is the matter? Are you taken ill?' 'No, no,' he gasped. 'It is - it is - that I have an idea!'
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Just as incarceration has come to define the lives of low-income black men, eviction is defining the lives of low-income black women.
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The threat that ISIL presents and poses to the United States is very different in kind, in type and degree than al Qaeda. ISIL is not your parents' al Qaeda. It's a very different model.
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The heat around young actors burns out. Natural ability and magnetism only get you so far. The rest is hard work.
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The Self of everyone, the Atma of everyone, the transcendental field of reality of everyone, is the same in everyone. Whether the body calls itself an American, German, Indian or Chinese, it doesn't matter.
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I'm here because I stand on many, many shoulders, and that's true of every black person I know who has achieved.
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2011 is one of those years that historians are likely to look back on as a 'hinge.' And the truth, at once frightening and exhilarating, is that we don't know yet which way the door will swing.
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We are sick because our cells are sick.
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I absolutely believe that what you sing and how you act when you're in this position, should be the definition of who you are and where your heart and character stands.
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Dissimulation is the refuge of the slave.
