Brad D. Smith Quotes
Good intentions often get muddled with very complex execution. The last time the government tried to make taxes easier, it created a 1040 EZ form with a 52-page help booklet.
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If anything, the children of Paris should be giving me even more money for having the privilege of being in the same city as my incredible quality. And so should David Beckham. Call it a Zlaritable donation.
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I just didn't expect an acoustic version of Rock'n'Roll All Nite.
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I remember a tour where we played 50 cities in 56 days. We also went to Europe a couple of times.
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I have said many times that most people work all their life to retire to play golf, while I played golf all my life to retire to work. I enjoy working. It has kept me young and on the move, and I have had a good time with it.
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We are not interested in cloning the Michael Jordans and the Michael Jacksons of this world. The rich and the famous don't participate in this.
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In poor countries, the rich and powerful crush the poor and powerless.
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Television shows and movies that are all white, I can't watch them. They totally alienate me.
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I started off singing in church as a child. The sound of voices coming together, that was my first moment of touching something outside of myself.
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I believe in forgiveness.
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I'm just collecting gold presents, which is more fun, actually, than buying gold.
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The first reports of AIDS closely followed the inauguration of President Ronald Reagan, whose 'family values' agenda and alliance with Christian conservatives associated AIDS with deviance and sin.
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I did notice growing up that there are so many things, obstacles and things, that people think you can't do because you're Muslim or because you're wearing a hijab. You hear a lot of no's. That was something that I wanted to see change.
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'Helter-Skelter' was the motive for the murders. Manson borrowed that term from a Beatles song on the 'White Album.' In England, helter-skelter is a playground ride. To Manson, helter-skelter meant a war between whites and blacks that the Beatles were in favor of.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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Al Qaeda has overplayed their hand. What the al Qaeda do when they go into a town or village or a neighborhood inside a major city is they get a stranglehold on the people themselves. They force the men to wear beards and the women to be properly costumed and essentially completely covered up.
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It is well known that Turkey has more imprisoned journalists than any other country, but as a result of the chilling effect of these prosecutions on the press, many stories never make the news.
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I have a multicultural background, so I tend to have an open mind about things, and I find other cultures interesting.
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No matter who you are, the grass is never greener on the other side.
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When I was a child, my father taught me to put up my fists like a boy and to be prepared to defend myself at all times.
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When I'm working on a book, I try to do eight pages a week. That seems like a good amount. Less than that, I'm not getting a nice momentum, and more than that, I'm probably putting out too much crap.
Colson Whitehead -
I know who I am, and the thing about power for me is that it's connected to a source that's obviously greater than myself. Any time you can connect to the source and understand that that's where all of your energy, your creativity, your joy and your triumph come from, I consider that to be authentic power.
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Each night before I go to bed, I take out a small card and write a list of the things I need to do the next day in order of their priority.
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Good intentions often get muddled with very complex execution. The last time the government tried to make taxes easier, it created a 1040 EZ form with a 52-page help booklet.
