Peter Fonda Quotes
When Jane and I spoke out, people thought, What ungrateful children those two kids are to be that nasty about their father.
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The FHA literally drew up the redlining map and then basically distributed - I'm sorry, the Home Owners' Loan Corporation actually did it, and then distributed to banks who used that as policy to determine how they would lend and who they would lend to. The racism in the system was pervasive and total.
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I like when everything's naturally moving along - I find that pretty exciting.
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Belgian chocolate is my weakness. I like over 72 percent cacao, which shows you how much of a dark chocolate snob I am.
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The Koran was revealed at a time of great change in the Arab world, the seventh-century shift from a matriarchal nomadic culture to an urban patriarchal system.
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Spontaneity is what travel is all about.
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The lurking suspicion that something could be simplified is the world's richest source of rewarding challenges.
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I grew up playing basketball and baseball. I've always been active because my dad played professional football, so sports and working out have always been a part of my life.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.
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I plan to go to university - but for sure, acting is what I want to do. It's a hard business, but I believe in my heart that I'll be doing it for a very long time.
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I go to a regular school still, and I have the normal life of a regular kid.
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You can't be preachy - kids are allergic to messages.
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Even the worst Bond movies, there's something to love about them.
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I'm trying to be a singer, not a civil rights leader.
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Writing is a very intimate thing, especially when you write lyrics and sing them in front of someone for the first time. It's like a really embarrassing situation. To me, singing is almost like crying, and you have to really know someone before you can start crying in front of them.
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A person standing in front of an audience without enthusiasm for his subject and his actions is disconnected from his spirit.
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We call ourselves a dog's 'master' - but who ever dared to call himself the 'master' of a cat? We own a dog - he is with us as a slave and inferior because we wish him to be. But we entertain a cat - he adorns our hearth as a guest, fellow-lodger, and equal because he wishes to be there.
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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.
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As a Christian I take it for granted that human history will some day end; and I am offering Omniscience no advice as to the best date for that consummation.
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I have a really close relationship with Mike Bloomberg.
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Actually, between books is precisely when I do give myself vacations.
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When Jane and I spoke out, people thought, What ungrateful children those two kids are to be that nasty about their father.
