C. L. R. James Quotes
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I always knew I had a voice and I've always known I could sing, but I was too shy to let it come out. I think it's the hardest thing to do, to sing in front of people. When I finally let go and did it, I realized it's what I'm most talented at and what I love to do the most.
Paris Hilton -
The idea flow from the human spirit is absolutely unlimited. All you have to do is tap into that well. I don't like to use the word efficiency. It's creativity. It's a belief that every person counts.
Jack Welch -
I'm honored that I'm in history, but I don't think it would mean anything if it doesn't change anything.
Raha Moharrak -
While criticism of Israel is legitimate and justifiable, it cannot be an excuse - in any way, shape or form - for anti-Semitism.
Tariq Ramadan -
Inside, I've got a real purist desire and dream about the music. I like the idea of being able to carve out a kind of magical, colourful, artistic, inspirational life. And the reality just turns out to be quite different, working with the business to bring this thing you have created into the world.
Damien Rice -
The great thing about writing is that it has to work without that invisible layer of the reader's added knowledge.
Rachel Kushner
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Instead of building walls, we should be building bridges.
Vicente Fox -
Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.
Baltasar Gracian -
I don't think that I ever believed that poetry would be a career. I have always thought of poems as something more private than professional... I would never introduce myself as a poet. I will always have some other thing that I am.
Dana Goodyear -
Pneumonia is a disease that often flies under the radar of not just the public but even the global health community. It kills more children under 5 years old every year than AIDS, malaria, and measles combined.
Mandy Moore -
You can't try to be somebody you're not; that's not style. If someone says, 'Buy this - you'll be stylish,' you won't be stylish because you won't be you. You have to learn who you are first, and that's painful.
Iris Apfel -
I'd done some acting stuff when I was younger, around age nine.
Samuel Larsen
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Common wisdom dictates that the vice president should provide balance to the ticket by representing a different part of the country, another set of experiences, or a basketful of electoral votes.
Madeleine M. Kunin -
The study of error is not only in the highest degree prophylactic, but it serves as a stimulating introduction to the study of truth.
Walter Lippmann -
Religious fundamentalists in Bangladesh have always argued for a ban on my books.
Taslima Nasrin -
My first album is like a terrible John Hammond album, with drums.
Warren Zevon -
But you have to be creative on how you sell yourself and market yourself.
Talib Kweli Black Star -
Head lice have their own animal-rights group, or may as well. The National Pediculosis Association doesn't exactly advocate letting lice live with dignity, but it does oppose pediculicidal treatments.
P. J. O'Rourke
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In most cases, my visits to the West are for promotion of human values and religious harmony.
Dalai Lama -
I tell my kids and I tell proteges, always have humility when you create and grace when you succeed, because it's not about you. You are a terminal for a higher power. As soon as you accept that, you can do it forever.
Quincy Jones -
I usually get all my stress and anger out at the gym. But when I get out, I'm kind of a pleasant person - really.
Natalie Martinez -
I love creating characters that people may or may have not ever seen before. But I enjoy the opportunity to try to make something new, and that's when I really come alive as an actor, so I really enjoyed working on 'Arrow.'
J. August Richards -
There are three stages: Thoughtless being. Thought. Return to thoughtless being.
Chad Harbach -
I may as well say it, I have been married three times.
C. L. R. James