James Weldon Johnson Quotes
It is a struggle; for though the black man fights passively, he nevertheless fights; and his passive resistance is more effective at present than active resistance could possibly be. He bears the fury of the storm as does the willow tree.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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Food doesn't necessarily have to suck in order to be healthy. It doesn't have to be terrible to be healthy anymore.
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I had one girl tell me last night that I'm the greatest thing ever, that she wants to aspire to be me. Just stuff like, 'You're my idol. I love you.' It's awesome. It's what it's all about.
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I never figured I'd go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.
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There are people that bring artists to me to look at it, and it's a question of whether I like their music and their look and if I think there's something they have that makes them different and commercial.
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You can have religion with spirituality. You can also have religion without spirituality.
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I spent years commuting into London when I was working as a temp, and I hated the monotony of it.
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Growing up with my dad, whenever I wanted to try something, he would let me try it but he wouldn't let me give up on it. If soccer was too tough and I said, 'I'm going to quit,' he'd be like, 'No, you're going to try everything and keep going at it.'
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There's very few dork movies made by dorks.
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I thought martial arts was going to help me with my movies and TV stuff, but I realized it would not.
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It's a society of knowledge and experience. You have better experience and knowledge when you are 60, 65 and 70.
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It would be a great adventure for Leicester to be in the Champions League.
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Upon this the Hungarian ministers resigned, but the names submitted by the president of the council, at the demand of the king, were not approved of for successors.
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I love 'Homeland.' I think it's such a well-done, well-acted TV show.
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Getting recognized on the street is fine, but I never really wanted to be famous.
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I always learn something from every actor I've ever worked with. I always pick something from them.
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I can imagine no more comfortable frame of mind for the conduct of life than a humorous resignation.
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I am one who believes that the market, properly incentivized, can consistently outperform government regulation on achieving objectives.
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I just pinch myself, because I think if there's anything I can be proud of, I've survived success, which I think is difficult these days.
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As much as Id love to be a successful actor, the thought of being recognised in the street is petrifying.
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None of us, remember, knew that 9/11 was gonna happen. We didn't live in a state of anxiety and fear about Osama Bin Laden. The CIA might have, and they failed to prevent it. But the general public didn't have any knowledge. Now we have knowledge of it, and it's a very clear and present danger in our lives.
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The only link between Literature and the Drama left to us in England at the present moment is the bill of the play.
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I am a firm believer in reincarnation for people who either have more work to do or have so much debt to pay back that they have to be here.
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It is a struggle; for though the black man fights passively, he nevertheless fights; and his passive resistance is more effective at present than active resistance could possibly be. He bears the fury of the storm as does the willow tree.
