Bobby Seale Quotes
Electoral politics was always an objective of the Black Panther party, so Barack Obama is a part of what we dreamed and struggled and died for.
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I don't understand it. Jack will spend any amount of money to buy votes but he balks at investing a thousand dollars in a beautiful painting.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
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You cannot get PTSD from reading a book or from hearing a story, even repeated stories over and over.
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I was never supposed to make it to Congress. I was a staff person.
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Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures.
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It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
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I was riding my mountain bike in Colorado, and I met a dog who reminded me so much of my very first dog, in the way she interacted with me, looked at me, and wagged her tail, that I rode away convinced I'd just very possibly met the reincarnated version of my long lost friend.
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The whole hardware industry has experienced the phenomenon in which every time computers get cheaper, they appeal to a new set of users; every time they get more powerful, old customers upgrade.
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I had one girl tell me last night that I'm the greatest thing ever, that she wants to aspire to be me. Just stuff like, 'You're my idol. I love you.' It's awesome. It's what it's all about.
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Only those ignorant of what poetry means will ask the question: what is it good for?
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It sounds trite to go after men who are nice but when you've been hurt a lot it becomes appealing.
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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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My mom was Jewish, so some would call me Jewish.
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I consider plot a necessary intrusion on what I really want to do, which is write snappy dialogue.
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It's so important your customer can rely on you for your classics.
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The mid-day meal is a well-intentioned scheme and has to be implemented effectively.
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I learned early on not to listen to either critique - the people who love you or the people who don't like you.
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Only the old are innocent. That is what the Victorians understood, and the Christians. Original sin is a property of the young. The old grow beyond corruption very quickly.
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Outlaw consciousness is born the moment I drop out, stop the world, cease being an actor identified with the mythic roles I have been playing in society. Change begins when I do nothing except observe. The wisdom of the railroad crossing: Stop. Look. Listen. Meditation is the healthy form of voyeurism.
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His view of war - and he had seen a great deal of it - was that a general made as many blunders as he fought battles, but, by the grace of the gods, the opposing generals' blunders were sometimes worse.
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I dance a lot and I run and do yoga and play field hockey and tennis. I like to be active. I don't always have time for that stuff, but I do always feel better afterward.
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It's very hard to uphold individual liberty when the person you're representing is often a crook.
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Electoral politics was always an objective of the Black Panther party, so Barack Obama is a part of what we dreamed and struggled and died for.
