Booker T. Washington Quotes
Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.
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I like 'The Nightly Show.' People ask me what it is, and I say, 'If you're watching 'The Daily Show,' and it feels like it's getting a little darker, you're probably watching 'The Nightly Show.''
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I have self-actualized. Pardon me whilst I adjust my glowing halo.
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Suning Appliance has no problem of financial risk. Do you think I'm risky? I'm definitely not risky.
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Katie Holmes is really amazing.
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Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.
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Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.
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Discipline and united action are the real source of strength for the nation.
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I have the potential to be very strong and powerful, sometimes angry, sometimes passionate. I also can be shy and withhold that because I am afraid. I don't want to freak anybody out with my passion... So I struggle with that all the time.
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Even if your novel occurs in an unfamiliar setting in which all the customs and surroundings will seem strange to your reader, it's still better to start with action. The reason for this is simple. If the reader wanted an explanation of milieu, he would read nonfiction. He doesn't want information. He wants a story.
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I had seen some films made about the underground music world in Tehran, and most of them were short documentaries about 30 or 40 minutes long. And I always wondered why they weren't publicized more. Really, their only flaw was they were short documentaries.
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The greatest pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do.
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I was getting offers. I had just turned them down. Then I realized I should be grateful that at age 54, people were still offering me film roles.
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My choice was to ruin my son's life by giving him money or giving 90-plus percent to charity. Not much of a choice.
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I'll come and make love to you at five o'clock. If I'm late start without me.
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I just think that if one is going to preach nonviolence and one is going to advocate for nonviolence, one's standard should be consistent.
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I think there are more female characters in videogames now but I also think that's because videogames in general are more diverse now.
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How do we get more politicians to move from 'fixing' the system to reforming the system? The obvious answer is to either improve the quality of public services or reduce the public's dependence on them. Both approaches are necessary.
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Every writer writes in different ways, and so some write the music first, while others write the lyrics first, and some write while they are doing other things, and it is just nice to see how other writers are writing.
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I can never sit still. I wanna hurl myself into life.
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I did 'The Grey,' and it was very intense and emotional because we're in the wilderness, and it was always 30 degrees. You kind of lose your sense of reality in the fact that you're filming a movie.
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I have spent 30 years working with police officers, doing everything I can to help them do their jobs, honoring the sacrifices they make every day.
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Sometimes it helps to begin our prayers by confessing we don't feel like praying-and ask God to help us with our preference to be doing something else.
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I'm a keen runner, so I try to fit in a half hour every other day.
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Few things can help an individual more than to place responsibility on him, and to let him know that you trust him.
