Jean Toomer Quotes
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For women in, say, Alabama, 'feminism' is a dirty word. They would never march in the streets. But although they don't think of themselves as the beneficiaries of feminism, they are.
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I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress.
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Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.
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Every generation comes with a unique athlete, I don't think anybody wants to be the next Nadia; they want to be themselves.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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I don't start writing a script until I can see it all in my head, then it's a matter of getting it down in white heat.
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The child is pronounced pretty. I think it quite otherwise.
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I fight for other people better than I fight for myself.
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I don't really go out at night in terms of noisy, busy places; I prefer more of a quiet corner somewhere.
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I did a lot of stunts, so the harness work isn't foreign to me either.
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My father loves people. No matter what their race, no matter what their position in life, he treated everyone with kindness and love and respect. And that was instilled in me just by watching him.
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I hate to tell you this, but there's an entire subset of people out there who think of me as quite a dull actor. And that's the word used, and often – dull.
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The reactions of organic magnesium compounds are of two kinds - reactions of substitution and reactions of addition.
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Very often there's this misapprehension about actors being people that need to display themselves, to reveal themselves in public.
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I'd like us to deliver a little message to all the men still out there who think it's the '50s, and coming home simply means watching television with a beer.
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I have worked hard since my childhood and worked as a labourer. I put my mind and heart into it.
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History, whether sacred or profane, hides her teaching from those who study her through coloured glasses. She only reveals truth to those who look through the cold clear medium of passionless inquiry, who seek the Truth without determining first the masquerade in which alone they will receive it.
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My kids are in school and in all these clubs - chess club, fashion club, you name it. When my dad came home from work, it was late, and when he left, it was early in the morning. On my days off, I'm still taking my kids to school and picking them up. I do what I have to do to keep that relationship.
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History shows that where ethics and economics come in conflict, victory is always with economics. Vested interests have never been known to have willingly divested themselves unless there was sufficient force to compel them.
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...joy takes a strange effect at times, it seems to oppress us almost the same as sorrow.
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Fear obscures reason, intensifies emotions, and makes it easier for demagogic politicians to mobilize the public on behalf of the policies they want to pursue.
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I sometimes have a horrible fear of turning up a canvas of mine. I'm always afraid of finding a monster in place of the precious jewels I thought I had put there!
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Rather perish than hate and fear, and twice rather perish than make oneself hated and feared — this must some day become the highest maxim for every single commonwealth.
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Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles.
