Jesse Owens Quotes
I decided I wasn't going to come down. I was going to fly. I was going to stay up in the air forever.
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The first decent building I did with my own practice was a chapel in Taiwan.
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Creativity runs across many categories in life, from the arts-and-crafts project a mum or dad does with their kids, to the bestselling author's manuscript, to the designs of the hairdresser, to the creations of the computer programming genius.
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I am a keen observer of my own films; I also try to discover myself through the movies I make.
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My mother didn't set out to surround us with white students or colleagues. My mother just sought a quality education. People have these expectations of who they think you should be. And I say it's because they don't really understand Malcolm X - or his wife.
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Beautiful updos with natural hair are great!
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Sick children, if not too shy to speak, will always express this wish. They invariably prefer a story to be told to them, rather than read to them.
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When people refer to 'Back in the Day,' it was a Wednesday. Just a little fun fact for you.
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Judges can determine fair justice far better than any inane federal mandate.
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All too often, the pitchmen are selling the notion that if you gain 'control' over your financial destiny - pick your own stocks and execute your own trades - it will be the first step on a short road to riches.
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I don't run after successful directors. I give importance to the content of the film.
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If a topic hits me, I'll start going on it. But you can't force it.
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I sort of always had an inkling towards some kind of an art form. I grew up in a very small town, and I just figure-skated. My dad played hockey and I was surrounded by sports, but it wasn't quite doing it for me. I wasn't totally fulfilled, and I did a lot of skating.
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I have to recognize that my voice is attached to my body, which gets tired.
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I think that, in almost all human beings, there is buried a profound tribal instinct that makes us very susceptible to being aroused to patriotic fervour.
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I've already fought my share. God gave me a rich, eventful career, and I thank God for everything, but I'm done fighting.
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I would not attack the faith of a heathen without being sure I had a better one to put in its place.
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Sometimes I feel I hope I am not taking advantage of my stardom.
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I don't write shows with dialogue where actors have to memorize dialogue. I write the scenes where we know everything that's going to happen. There's an outline of about seven or eight pages, and then we improvise it.
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I try to avoid cheese, dairy and a lot of meat, but I do like them.
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I'm not a gay rights activist.
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But I can tell you that the New York that I see now is not the New York that we grew up in. It's not 1973.
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I went out in my goddamn underwear too!
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Joe Louis is the hardest puncher that I've ever seen... He's a good man. Anyone who plans on beating him had better know what they're doing.
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I decided I wasn't going to come down. I was going to fly. I was going to stay up in the air forever.
