Douglas Wilder Quotes
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The only thing that's going to free Huey is gun powder.
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This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought.
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The marketability, the success of a book, ultimately rests with whether or not people will find the concept/characters/title/cover appealing.
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I have come to the conclusion - and I don't know why it took me so long, but nevertheless, I'm here now - that a lot of people tell me they don't get enough guitar on my albums. So I decided to do an album where the guitar would be the singer, playing the melody.
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My first job ever was on 'Peak Practice.' I just had to walk up the stairs. They kept the take where I slipped slightly, which was annoying.
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The society Shakespeare knew was heading for tremendous change, and he seems to have recognized that and written about it in a coded way. I understand those codes, I think.
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In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes.
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Spend time reflecting on your emotional and physical existence and how that applies to the voice. You have to apply that wisdom and experience when you sing - it's what comes through.
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I'm one of those foolish people who believe the glory days of the record industry aren't behind us. They're actually ahead of us.
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You want private education for your students? No problem whatsoever; pay for it.
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Anyone can make an article longer; the skill is keeping it tight and lean.
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A stronger yuan could lead to greater Chinese asset accumulation in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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If I'm gonna write songs about my exes, they can write songs about me. That's how it works.
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Living in the lap of luxury isn't bad except that you never know when luxury is going to stand up.
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I think that life in Israel is sometimes bigger than the movies.
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You cannot tailor-make the situations in life but you can tailor-make the attitudes to fit those situations.
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Nobody wants to read a 600 page book in which the author is fabulous throughout.
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I always have a million things going on at once, but I try to put my energy into the most immediate need.
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I grew up watching sci-fi and Justice League and all those kinds of things.
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Currently, my machines are black and sometimes gentle, if not sexy or exuding a contained violence; I finally found the technical means for accomplishing this.
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You just can't bifurcate bitcoin currency from the technology. Bitcoin will always need a monetary base.
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It suddenly struck me - I'm 70 years old. I wonder if I could possibly end my life the way I started it: doing the most joyful thing I ever did, which is to sing.
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We should eat less meat - all of us - and we should use less leather. I mean, that's reality.
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The first black president will be a politician who is black.
