Bobby Seale Quotes
If they had not murdered Malcolm X, there probably never would have been a Black Panther Party.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
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The networks are not some chicken-coop manufacturing lobby whose calls nobody returns.
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Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.
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You're a smaller fish in the U.S. There's just so many more TV shows, and actors, and actresses. Where as in the U.K. you're in a much smaller market there.
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The thing I love about vampires that I find so fascinating is that, unlike other sci-fi creations, they aren't monsters from the get-go, they're human beings first... and so what kind of human you are would dictate what kind of vampire you would be.
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Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling.
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My parents could not be more Italian.
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I know there is something out there, and like most people, I tend to believe in it more when things go bad. But I'm not like Shirley MacLaine, who probably believes we were past lovers in another life.
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I was raised Catholic, and my grandmother taught me to stay. As a teenager, I thought if you went on a date, you should stay for a couple of years. I didn't realize that if he wasn't your cup of tea, you got to leave.
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I know people think that a lot of sports stars are a little bit up themselves, but they all have their heroes, too.
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The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all that he has learned about poetry, is only a partial assurance.
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What counts isn't the frame, it's what you put in it.
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Though I am a Catholic, a professing one, I have serious doubts about the survival of the human personality after death.
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There's something so soothing about the hum of Grand Central Station.
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Now, I am completely independent - I earn my living by speaking and writing.
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I had a passport where I wrote 'artist' under 'occupation' and I remember thinking, 'That's it, it's proved!'
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Humor is merely tragedy standing on its head with its pants torn.
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Survival requires us to leave our prejudices at home. It's about doing whatever it takes - and ultimately those with the biggest heart will win.
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I've been to war, and it's not easy to kill. It's bloody and messy and totally horrifying, and the consequences are serious.
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All black women aren't sassy, loud, difficult, or subservient. We are, in fact, very complex and very diverse, living very complex and diverse lives. That point cannot be made enough.
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Where are the leaders?' Sapphique asked. 'In the fortresses,' the swan replied. 'And the poets?' 'Lost in dreams of other worlds.' 'And the craftsmen?' 'Forging machines to challenge the darkness.' 'And the Wise, who made the world?' The swan lowered its black neck sadly. 'Dwindled to crones and sorcerers in towers.
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I've got to come into the day enjoying myself and go from there.
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This isn't the most handsome face in the world, and there are a lot of younger guys out there, but I keep hanging in there.
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If they had not murdered Malcolm X, there probably never would have been a Black Panther Party.
