Mavis Staples Quotes
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The next phase of the journey is to move from speculation to actual use cases - people getting into Bitcoin because they want to use it.
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For me, being an actress, my responsibility is not to pay attention to all the noise around me and to pay attention to the script and the director and protect the character and try to tell her story the best I can.
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When I was young, about 18 or 19, I read all the Dostoyevsky novels, which made me want to go to St. Petersburg. So I went, and I was so inspired.
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Leaders are people who do the right thing; managers are people who do things right.
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
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In reality, serial killers are of average intelligence.
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I haven't been to a movie since somebody gave me free tickets to Star Wars, which I went to.
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Lastly, his tomb shall list and founder in the troughs of grass. And none shall speak his name.
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I did not have anything to do with these murders. Ever.
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I really don't know the secret to it, but I'd like to think my desirability is a combination of my personality, my image, and, most importantly, the kind of films I do.
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Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
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I studied at a grammar school and later at the University of Vienna in the Faculty of Medicine.
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All souls are equal and alike and have the similar nature and qualities.
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So long as the human spirit thrives on this planet, music in some living form will accompany and sustain it and give it expressive meaning.
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I went to college. I had a double major in biology and physical education, but my major was wrestling.
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I love anything to do with ventriloquism and magic.
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I don't believe actors who say they don't bleed into their characters. It's absolutely impossible not to.
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Actually, I'm 5-8 and change without shoes. With shoes, 5-9.
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I've changed a great deal. I used to be vicious to my parents, just because they objected to me going full-time with a group. Now I can see that all they wanted was the best for me. And we get on great.
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I love charity thrift stores. Amazing one-of-a-kind pieces at terrific prices, and all the money you spend goes to a good cause.
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[To] the progressive mind, the very concept of "the enemy" is obsolescent: there are no enemies, just friends whose grievances we haven't yet accommodated.
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Brown people and black people and red people swarmed through our great halls, until those who were white looked simply faded-out human beings beside them. Indeed, I came to see that white is not a color in skin any more than in textiles, and if it had not quality, it had no value even for humanity. I saw that color in skin had a certain advantage in strength and warmth as a means of beauty.
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I'm a human, too. I'm not an angel. I'm a devil.
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The devil ain't got no music. All music is God's music.
