Jean Toomer Quotes
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As there is in Germany - as well as in Russia and Italy - no art which is not approved of by the government, any criticizing remark about the present policy made by me would easily be taken as a hostile act. I cannot have my name put up against an official report from Germany without risking very unpleasant consequences.
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Everyone knows that Apple crushed Microsoft in the mobile era. But it was exactly the opposite in the PC Wars of the 1980s and 1990s.
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Positive thinking will let you use the ability which you have, and that is awesome.
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I think Don Cheadle has always done great work.
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Gun owners and non-gun owners alike agree on expanding background checks, making gun trafficking a serious crime with stiff penalties, making it illegal for all stalkers and all domestic abusers to buy guns, and expanding mental health resources so the mentally ill find it easier to receive treatment than to buy firearms.
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I've been missing Japanese literature so much of late.
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I think Donald Trump taps into an anger that I hear every day. People are angry that a commonsense thing like securing the border or ending sanctuary cities is somehow considered extreme. It's not extreme; it's common sense. We need to secure the border.
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It's kind of selfish to say that you're only going to fight for a victory that you will live to see.
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The greatest danger of bombs is in the explosion of stupidity that they provoke.
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You know, real life doesn't just suddenly resolve itself. You have to keep working at it.
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The citizens of America expect more. They deserve and they want more than a recital of problems.
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Young people like to think they're invincible. They don't like to face any situation where they've gotten weaker instead of stronger.
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Palestinian ideology has become a lethal cocktail of radical nationalism and Islamic fundamentalism.
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My mom is the most amazing woman ever. She grew up a single mom raising five kids, and she's always told me to follow my dreams. One thing I've learned about her is she sacrificed her whole life for me to focus on my dream, and I cannot wait to do that for my kids.
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I am a huge Bollywood fan, and my favourite actor of all time is Shah Rukh Khan.
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My mom always told me I could do or be anything I dared to dream, and I always wanted to work in the movie industry.
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There's no alternative to Catalan independence.
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When I passed the age of 50, I learned how to control my emotions.
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There is a perennial nobleness and even sacredness in work. Be he never so benighted and forgetful of his high calling, there is always hope in a man that actually and earnestly works: in Idleness alone is there perpetual Despair.
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Being a novelist is hard for anyone - male or female. You don't get to quit your day job.
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Every child is a deliberate, passionate creation of God. If you doubt that, just look into their eyes. You will find a gentle little spirit who hungers for life - and for your love.
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There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence.
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I guess I never really had a high school experience. I went for about a month, and on the first day one of my friends got punched in the eye. It was Southern California Public High School. Needless to say, I wasn't there for long.
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I am not less poet; I am more conscious of all that I am, am not, and might become.
