James Baldwin Quotes
The reason people think it's important to be white is that they think it's important not to be black.James Baldwin
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Rameswaram has, since antiquity, been an important pilgrimage destination.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam -
Of course people think Washington is arrogant. It is.
Carly Fiorina -
The most important thing Paris gave me was a perspective on Latin America. It taught me the differences between Latin America and Europe and among the Latin American countries themselves through the Latins I met there.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez -
One of my personal plights in this business is about playing 'The Sassy Black Girl.'
Gabourey Sidibe -
Carefully calculate the potential size of your market to make sure you can grow. Before starting Mint, I knew that there were about 20 million people who had purchased 'Quicken' or 'Microsoft Money' over the years, and 80 million people using online banking in the U.S. alone.
Aaron Patzer -
I put myself out there; it's part of my job, and I get it: people will attack me. At first I was thrown off, but now I have a pretty thick skin about it.
Zooey Deschanel
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I am just doing photo shoots. It's not something that extraordinary. I'm not a great artist, I'm not writing books, I'm not a painter, and people in the streets ask me for a picture or a note, and I say, 'Why?'
Carine Roitfeld -
One reason the United States is one of three countries in the world that do not have any form of paid maternity leave is that many American business leaders, like the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, oppose any family-friendly policies. They scare people into thinking maternity leave will be a job killer.
Madeleine M. Kunin -
Just because a couple people on the Supreme Court declare something to be 'constitutional' does not make it so.
Rand Paul -
A lot of people like snow. I find it to be an unnecessary freezing of water.
Carl Reiner -
We have a vision of South Africa in which black and white shall live and work together as equals in conditions of peace and prosperity.
Oliver Tambo -
My whole thing is to entertain, make people laugh and to forget about the real world for awhile.
Dan Aykroyd
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It's my job to make sure that the people I'm gonna team up with for my music see everything that I'm about: Put all my cards on the table and don't make them guess.
Cam -
I always say that people should not rush to change religions. There is real value in finding the spiritual resources you need in your home religion.
Dalai Lama -
In London it's easy not to be the focus of attention, especially when Sting lives in the house just behind you.
Victoria Wood -
I'm really private, and also, when I'm home, I'm home. I don't like people in on my business. I believe that you can be overexposed.
Gary Allan -
I think there's a perception out there that people know me based on these glamorous photos they see of me in magazines, but I have about two hours of hair and makeup and then people to dress me, to make me look even better, in those pictures.
Victoria Justice -
Sometimes I will tweet an interview I have coming up and ask my followers what questions they have for the celebrity. I feel that way I can really know first hand what people want to hear answered.
Nancy O'Dell
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There may be one million people who love me, there may be 10 million people who hate me. What do I do? I go to battle for those 1 million people.
Allen Iverson -
I was a single dad in New York City, raising a child and pursuing a career.
Mark Linn-Baker -
You want to be as dominant as possible and you want to put some doubt in the hitters' heads. That's what I'm trying to do every single time I'm on the mound.
Eric Gagne -
I would love to just talk to Paul McCartney. That would be incredible, but that is definitely like a dream.
Kris Allen -
I have known Tiffany R. Warren for many years, and we have always shared the goal to promote diversity and inclusion in the creative industries.
Bozoma Saint John -
The reason people think it's important to be white is that they think it's important not to be black.
James Baldwin