James Meredith Quotes
My great-grandfather was the last ruler of the Choctaw Nation, and from birth, I was taught that my role was to restore the power and the glory to my bloodline.
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Of course I get hurt.
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Most people work for the private sector, which cannot exist without profit.
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I think everyone remembers how certain Russian bureaucrats used to work against the Ukrainian opposition; I think it is hard to drop old habits.
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I used to trip over my legs and get detention for my too-short shorts because none fit. I still trip, but now I like to show them off.
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I stay true to myself, my daughter. I just remember where I came from - I remember what I'm coming from - and then I remember why I do what I do.
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I do think one should have clean feet.
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Through travel, you discover a new aspect to your personality. You discover things which you wouldn't seated in the confines of your home.
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Acting is great therapy - you get to do things you'd normally get arrested for.
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At the age of 11 I was about 6 ft. tall and my voice had completely broken. That caused problems. I was this gangly, spotty, very unattractive kid. I wasn't cool and I wasn't a nerd. I didn't even want to fit in with anyone.
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I don't feel comfortable making empty music.
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My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - it gives a lovely light!
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When you work as hard as you can and as much as you can to make your first album, and you don't make any money, then you change things.
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Everything is creative. It's all relative to me. No matter what, you've gotta use your imagination, use your senses.
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They are more beautiful than anything in the world, kinetic sculptures, perfect form in motion.
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We cannot control what emotions or circumstances we will experience next, but we can choose how we will respond to them.
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I'm for people bettering themselves, no matter who they are and where they are, doing all they can to be all they can be.
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It's so easy to look foolish online.
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Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
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At any moment in time, our reality is based on whatever we focus on.
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It may almost be a question whether such wisdom as many of us have in our mature years has not come from the dying out of the power of temptation, rather than as the results of thought and resolution.
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Being a good observer is a great tool to have as a writer, just taking the world in.
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You can't get a degree at Tisch College. It serves as an amplifier for what your focus is. If you're an engineer, you can take courses on understanding how to move a river in Africa to bring hydroelectric power to a community.
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The power of our example is more important than the strength of our military.
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My great-grandfather was the last ruler of the Choctaw Nation, and from birth, I was taught that my role was to restore the power and the glory to my bloodline.
