Burning Spear (Winston Rodney) Quotes
This race is not for the swift, but for the smart, for the one who knows himself as the winner
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Even after Independence, we have had to face the poison of casteism and communalism. How long these evils will continue? Whom does it benefit?
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Once I finish shooting, I head straight home and spend time with my family. It's only when I have to promote my films that I make public appearances.
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I'm not the girl for super high fashion because I don't have the right body. When I want to get dressed up, I'm a Roberto Cavalli girl.
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Social revolutions are never simple.
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When Southern people tell us they are no more responsible for the origin of slavery than we are, I acknowledge the fact. When it is said that the institution exists, and that it is very difficult to get rid of it in any satisfactory way, I can understand and appreciate the saying.
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Whenever I walk out on a stage, I'm begging for affection.
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When you've been on a programme called 'An Idiot Abroad' job offers aren't exactly flying in.
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Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
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I compose music for films, and by the grace of God, I've got a few awards. That's it.
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Unlike many Californians or New Yorkers, college football is a religion down south.
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I think TV has been a little bit irresponsible in how they portray these people because homicide detectives are not brooding, tortured souls who are stained with the stink of the city and who have blood on their hands. They are real, live people that are incredibly entertaining.
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People love my collard greens. They love my macaroni and cheese. They love the gumbo. They love my Jamaican jerk or my Jamaican curry chicken. They love the jerk, though. And they love my Mexican food.
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We are very committed to putting forward a really bold message for the state of Colorado.
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I've always just talked to my family and my friends. I've never been a person that's gone through excessive therapy at all. Some people might say that I should.
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Real Texans want their kids to have the best education possible, not the one politicians looking to brag about budget cuts have left us with.
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For me, I've always wanted to be a nun. I mean, I think about what it's like to be a nun. And I've always been fascinated with nuns, and I have a nun collection, I've been collecting nuns for 20 years. And I have a song that I wrote, 'I Wanna Be a Nun,' when I was 25.
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I was never a practicing Muslim. But I do consider myself a Muslim.
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I know I've got to just keep throwing the ball. That's what I do best.
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I'm not interested in going after a part. I think if someone wants me for a part and approaches me then I'll take it on a case-by-case basis and see what that part is.
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'It's very strange,' said Mr. Dick ... 'that I never can get that quite right; I never can make that perfectly clear.'
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Music is like painting in sound. You take it into your inner heart and never lose it. It's eternally mysterious.
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I want your sun to reach my raindrops, so your heat can raise my soul upward like a cloud.
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The great challenge is finding ways to reset their physiology, so that their survival mechanisms stop working against them.
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This race is not for the swift, but for the smart, for the one who knows himself as the winner
