Flea Quotes
Just so people know, the Silverlake Conservatory of Music is not at all about celebrity or fame or being a star. It's an academic music school.
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Bigotry tries to keep truth safe in its hand with a grip that kills it.
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The FHA literally drew up the redlining map and then basically distributed - I'm sorry, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation actually did it, and then distributed to banks who used that as policy to determine how they would lend and who they would lend to. The racism in the system was pervasive and total.
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The problem of the world today is the people talk on and on about democracy, freedom, justice. But I don't give a damn about democracy if I am worried about survival.
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
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Experience by itself is not science.
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Music is one of the most powerful things the world has to offer. No matter what race or religion or nationality or sexual orientation or gender that you are, it has the power to unite us.
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It is good to be in front of the lens to appreciate more being behind the lens.
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I'd wanted to be famous for as long as I could remember.
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When someone was hitting me, or like sexually molesting me, it just seemed normal to continue to do that to myself.
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I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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If you're a basketball player, you've got to shoot.
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And whoever walks a furlong without sympathy walks to his own funeral drest in his shroud.
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I think everybody understands the fact that the right person will be cast for the role. So it's not theirs really to lose; they're just trying to find the right person.
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There is a fundamental notion at the core of American identity that, in this country, any little boy or girl can grow up to be president.
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You get caught up in hitting home runs and seeing how far you can hit them, and your swing changes.
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We call ourselves a dog's 'master' - but who ever dared to call himself the 'master' of a cat? We own a dog - he is with us as a slave and inferior because we wish him to be. But we entertain a cat - he adorns our hearth as a guest, fellow-lodger, and equal because he wishes to be there.
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Do you force your kids to pay attention to what's going on, or do you let them live their lives outside of it? My hope is that my child is a strong activist. That would make me most proud.
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It's just so cool when you meet people who are different than you are. That can give you a different perspective, a viewpoint on life, or inspire you. I mean, what would the world be like if we were all the same? I think it would be very boring.
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Decide who you are and what your goals entail - then go for the roses. Life has little regard for those who waste time.
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When women got the vote, they did not redefine voting. When African-Americans got the right to sit at a lunch counter alongside white people, they did not redefine eating out. They were simply invited to the table. That is all we want to do; we have no desire to change marriage. We want to be entitled to not only the same privileges but the same responsibilities as straight people.
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Some people are just not going to like me and they're not going to like my work. But that doesn't mean I'm a bad person.
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Just so people know, the Silverlake Conservatory of Music is not at all about celebrity or fame or being a star. It's an academic music school.
