Frantz Fanon Quotes
From birth it is clear to him that this narrow world, strewn with prohibitions, can only be called in question by absolute violence.
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Progress, real progress, makes me cry harder than anything. When the world itself grows.
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In the beginning, I didn't dance that much and stuff.
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Nonviolent tactics can move into action on our behalf men not naturally inclined to act for us.
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When theology erodes and organization crumbles, when the institutional framework of religion begins to break up, the search for a direct experience which people can feel to be religious facilitates the rise of cults.
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I don't spend a lot on holidays, but have been very fortunate to travel extensively through doing various challenges around the world. The best place I've ever been is Argentina.
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Many people consider the things government does for them to be social progress but they regard the things government does for others as socialism.
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It's just someone has labelled us as having a different label to do what you do. I find that labels are the worst thing in the world for artistic expression.
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This is my ultimate fantasy: watching QVC with a credit card while making love and eating at the same time.
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If you learn one thing from having lived through decades of changing views, it is that all predictions are necessarily false.
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When I first started in film, I was terrified of the camera.
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I've written a screenplay that is a series of monologues and songs; they form this sort of human tapestry across time and place. The form is strange, but I find it really fascinating.
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I think it's all about the people who listen to your music, and loving playing and writing. Once you've got those two, and they're your main two priorities, then radio and TV and all the other stuff that comes with it will come. But that's not the be-all end-all.
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I'm like all parents who try to shelter their children.
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I was a curious child. I'd debate with anyone who came to the door - people from the Islamic community... Jehovah's Witnesses... anyone.
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It is possible for a kid from east Texas, raised in south central LA and Carson, who believes in his dreams, commits himself to them with his heart, to touch them and to have them happen.
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Education should be totally secular. I am not telling people not to believe in God, but it should be a personal matter which should be done at home.
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Coming home to my family afterward makes the work richer, easier and more fun.
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I don't want to be any kind of producer at all - hands-on or otherwise! I feel producing is a very difficult job and creates ulcers! Maybe some people would like to have a certain amount of control; not me. It's too much stress and includes managing everybody's egos... handling my own is enough!
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I get invited to a lot more glamorous parties since I've been in 'Downton Abbey,' which has made me much more fashion conscious.
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As a ballplayer, there is no Christian way to swing a bat. There is no Christian way to swing or throw.
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I mean, when I got to Brown, the place was riven, because you had older professors who were basically new critics and had been teaching a certain way for 30 years. And then you had this other gang who was down with the semiotic program. And as a student, you were, in a way, forced to choose which cohort you were going with.
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I invite even the school of violence to give this peaceful non-co-operation a trial. It will not fail through its inherent weakness. It may fail because of poverty of response. Then will be one time for real danger. The high-souled men, who are unable to suffer national humiliation any longer, will want to vent their wrath. They will take to violence.
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What is essential in love is what the French call 'amour fou.' What is that in English? Crazy love? That doesn't sound as beautiful. It's a total kind of love that not only embraces feelings, actions, but a kind of understanding of the world from the perspective of love.
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From birth it is clear to him that this narrow world, strewn with prohibitions, can only be called in question by absolute violence.
