Booker T. Washington Quotes
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I need to eat a lot; otherwise, I feel faint. I get in the worst moods if I don't eat.
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I've never gotten thick skin. If you close yourself off and you get this protective armor, there is a price you pay with that - of not feeling. And feeling is important when you are a songwriter.
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I'm the complete opposite of every clean cut, decent-looking guy you could ever think of. Yet, I have the biggest heart in the world.
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Fortuitous circumstances constitute the moulds that shape the majority of human lives, and the hasty impress of an accident is too often regarded as the relentless decree of all ordaining fate.
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I always dreamed of going to the Olympics. To be going to the Games in your own country is another thing; to do it as a potential medallist is another thing again.
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The world is quickly bored by the recital of misfortune, and willing avoids the sight of distress.
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Health care should be affordable for everyone.
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I've played so many different parts in the last 40 years.
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I had the most magical childhood, running free and going anywhere I wanted to in my head.
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I know I'm not a wordsmith. And I don't write poetry. Sometimes I think I should, because it's really helpful. But I always wanted to write novels.
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I think that people are most comfortable when they can put you in a box - and that's very easy to do that when someone can put you in more serious roles. I'm not blaming them for that - it's just up to me to show people what I can do.
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Those of us who are blessed, we owe it to our fellow citizens and folks who we are around to do something special for them.
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I love being called NTR's grandson. I never moved away from his shadow, maybe because I didn't try enough or maybe because I like it this way.
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I was the kind nobody thought could make it. I had a funny Boston accent. I couldn't pronounce my R's. I wasn't a beauty.
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I've got a very interesting background.
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I know I'm going to be remembered for football. That's why I work so hard at it.
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The Arab World is writing a new future; the pen is in our own hands.
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In a finite world this means that the per capita share of the world's goods must steadily decrease.
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In the space age the most important space is between the ears.
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People didn't have the political guts to stand up against an American war.
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I didn't let anyone push me into things I didn't want to do where my career was concerned. So why did I crumble when it came to men?
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You can do a good job when you play it safe, but you can't do a spectacular job. You have to risk it and be in danger of looking like an absolute fool.
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We must reinforce argument with results.
