Walt Whitman Quotes
O the joy of the strong-brawn'd fighter, towering in the arena in perfect condition, conscious of power, thirsting to meet his opponent.
Walt Whitman
Quotes to Explore
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Race differences show up early in life.
J. Philippe Rushton
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Whether we like it or not, men and women are not the same in nature, temperament, emotions and emotional responses.
J. Paul Getty
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If there is no criticism, you become lazy. But it should be constructive, and it should be the truth. If it's biased and there's no truth in it, then I don't care about it. If it's true, it helps me grow.
A. R. Rahman
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More and more, cultural groups are cross-pollinating, and we're getting much more interesting art as a result.
Damon Albarn
Blur
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In Europe and the United States, you've got different systems to select candidates, and no system is perfect.
Karl Rove
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I knew that it was my only shot to be taken seriously in the recording industry, because it's fast and broad.
Adam Lambert
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One of the main lessons I have learned the last five years as Secretary-General is that the United Nations cannot function properly without the support of the business community and civil society. We need to have tripartite support - the governments, the business communities and the civil society.
Ban Ki-moon
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Jupiter from on high smiles at the perjuries of lovers.
Ovid
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I'm the descendant of enslaved black people in this country. You could've been born in 1820 if you were black and looked back to your ancestors and saw nothing but slaves all the way back to 1619. Look forward another 50 or 60 years and saw nothing but slaves.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
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When it comes to the president, we have to respect him, we have to protect him, and we have to correct him. And in my career, since he'd been on the national stage at least, I've had - I've always respected the president.
Tavis Smiley
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There are certain men and women who, from the minute they step in front of a camera, that's exactly where they belong. Connery's one.
F. Murray Abraham
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What I do is not some magical, mystical thing. I simply get up in the morning, get to work on time, say my lines, and do the best I can.
Parker Stevenson
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I think in spring, we don't want to wear makeup, we don't want to wear a ton of clothes, we just want everything to be easier.
Rachel Zoe
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One of my favorites is Angela Merkel because I think she's been an extraordinary, strong leader during difficult times in Europe, which has obvious implications for the rest of the world and, most particularly, our country... her bravery in the face of the refugee crisis is something that I am impressed by.
Hillary Clinton
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How was I supposed to know?She was slowly letting go?If I was puttin her through her hell,Hell I couldn't tell.She could've given me a sign,Could've opened up my eyes.How was I supposed to see?She never cried in front of me.
Toby Keith
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With hacky sack, somebody brought one to recess in sixth grade and it kind of all went downhill from there! The same with the yoyo's! One kid brought a yoyo one day and people started getting them. I just kept at it and found that I really loved it.
Jason Dolley
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I don't come in with any preconceived ideas, and although I will have done some preparation, I can go which way the director wants.
Jacqueline Bisset
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In my opinion, no single design is apt to be optimal for everyone.
Donald Norman
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I think animals should be free. There's so much other food out there that doesn't have to involve you in that cycle of pain and death.
Zack de la Rocha
Rage Against the Machine
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I wouldn't change a thing in my life, even if I could. What you go through makes you who you are and that's fine.
Ray Winstone
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I want to avoid injuries by running only road.
Haile Gebrselassie
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Every movie that I do, if you analyze the stories, you can notice that in each story, that within the movie after the first 15 minutes, it could fall apart. Or every 10 minutes it has the chance that you lose the thread. On the other hand, if you succeed in putting them together, then the movie looks spontaneous and more like cinema.
Emir Kusturica
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Dance design is not simply one element; it is that without which ballet cannot exist. As aria is to opera, words to poetry, color to painting, so sequence in steps - their syntax, idiom, vocabulary - are the stuff of stage dancing.
Lincoln Kirstein
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O the joy of the strong-brawn'd fighter, towering in the arena in perfect condition, conscious of power, thirsting to meet his opponent.
Walt Whitman
