Bokeem Woodbine Quotes
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A constant stream of 'free' money is a perfect way to keep an inefficient or simply bad government in power. As aid flows in, there is nothing more for the government to do - it doesn't need to raise taxes, and as long as it pays the army, it doesn't have to take account of its disgruntled citizens.
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'Henry V' is a great deal more than almost any other hell-bent-for-armor movie that you've seen.
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Just as water is a key ingredient to growth on the farm, capital is required for businesses to thrive.
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I applaud anyone who wants to take on the load that comes with being President of the United States. You really have to love your country to place yourself in that position.
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I really am into crystals. I'm a real positive thinker. I believe in creative visualisation.
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I have to entertain, because if I don't entertain you, you're not going to continue reading. But if I'm not out to enlighten, or change your mind about something, or change your behavior, then I really don't want to take the journey.
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I come by writing dialogue fairly naturally, I've got a chatty family; I'm a bit of a voyeur, and if I'm ever in a public place, I automatically find myself listening.
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I think there is a poem out there for everyone, to be an entrance into the poetry and a relationship with it.
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People think money is life and your life is over if you lose it.
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Well-secured files don't do you much good if you lose them in a fire or hard drive crash.
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He who frames the question wins the debate.
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My mom was very much the product of a very paternalistic, deep-southern culture, but also a repressed feminist. Her way of being defiant was to raise us to be rebellious ourselves - basically, the opposite of who she had to be in her own life.
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I always laugh to myself when I listen to some really big A-list star saying that they are just a normal person.
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I play well with everybody.
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Safe upon the solid rock the ugly houses stand;Come and see my shining palace built upon the sand!
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Chorus of Birds: Man naturally is deceitful, ever indeed, and always, in every one thing. (tr. Warter 1830, p. 199)
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The power of 'Madame Bovary' stems from Flaubert's determination to render each object of his scrutiny exactly as it looks, or sounds or smells or feels or tastes.
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I am a profound pessimist both about life and about human relations and about politics and ecology. Humans are inadequate and stupid creatures who sooner or later make a mess, and those who are trying to do good do a lot more damage than those who are muddling along.
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People can certainly take pride in the fact that there is a Jewish candidate for president who has received delegates and who has run a terrific campaign and still work hard to ensure we elect Hillary Clinton.
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I never saw a purple cow,I never hope to see one;But I can tell you, anyhow,I'd rather see than be one!
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Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamp-post how it feels about dogs.
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I'm not a programmer; I'm more of a performer. I'm really bad at math.
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Music is math; music is spiritual.
