Douglas Wilder Quotes
My experience politically has always been that one-word definition of politics: money. Keep your eye on the buck. And that tells you where the American people are going to be.
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I am absolutely and inherently self-destructive in that I am always making sure I'm doing what I want to do.
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So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
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When I won the belt, it was kind of a precedent... The only Canadian to have ever held it.
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I only got interested in radio once I talked my way into an internship at NPR's headquarters in Washington, D.C. in 1978, never having heard the network on the air.
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I enjoy my life, I love track, I'm set for life financially.
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I'd feel bad pretending my life was anything other than pretty good, so I do the role as well as I can and then I go home, have a cup of tea, see my family and friends, and appreciate what I've got.
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I sound like a chain-smoking drag queen after a hard night of singing 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon'.
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I think every movie is its own little world, and a director certainly sets the tone.
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Reading was not just an escape or a Band-Aid; it was a deep form of feeling seen and recognized, and being able to see and recognize other kindred spirits. My dad was a writer, too, which also likely had something to do with that.
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Online hierarchies are inherently dynamic. The moment someone stops adding value to the community, his influence starts to wane.
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First and foremost when you're doing comedy, you gotta be relevant and applicable to the times that you're living in. When you try and just do comedy about who is dating who and lifestyle jokes, it gets tiring after a while. It's hard to be funny in that realm.
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Music is God's gift to man, the only art of Heaven given to earth, the only art of earth we take to Heaven.
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I mean, the problem is, I think I'm a great writer.
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The primary goal of management education was, as originally conceived, to impart knowledge that could be applied to a variety of real-world business situations.
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Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.
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Of our relation to all creation we can never know anything whatsoever. All is immensity and chaos. But, since all this knowledge of our limitations cannot possibly be of any value to us, it is better to ignore it in our daily conduct of life.
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I have loved movies as the number one thing in my life so long that I can't ever remember a time when I didn't.
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Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if they could.
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A little recognition is not a bad thing because it means people appreciate your work. The only problem is when you can't walk down the street or have a meal without people looking at you. I want to be the one looking at people.
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People ask where I'm from, and I say 'Los Angeles.' Then they ask again. 'Well, my parents are from Korea.'
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Most people think that Heaven is a choir, and all you will do is sing.
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We are a people of faith. We have been so secure in that faith that we have enshrined in our Constitution protection for people who profess no faith. And good for us for doing so. That is what the First Amendment is all about.
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I don't think I've ever been chatted up, and I don't think I've ever chatted anyone up. The Fresh Prince has the best chat-up lines.
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My experience politically has always been that one-word definition of politics: money. Keep your eye on the buck. And that tells you where the American people are going to be.
