Medgar Evers Quotes
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Bond? It is a bit like saying, 'Do you want to play Superman?' Anyone would dream of it. It's one of the most coveted roles in film. I'd be honoured. But I don't know if it will actually happen. I'm just happy with the idea of being associated with it. It's nice there's a lot of good will.
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I think it's always easy to be sympathetic to parts of the government in detail; in their concrete manifestations. Because obviously, we don't have government for no reason.
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Christianity, democracy, science, education, wealth, and the cumulative inheritance of a thousand years, have not preserved us from the vain repetition of history.
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The smartest thing I ever did as a writer was hire a retired conservation agent to blaze a hiking trail for me. It's nothing fancy - just a narrow path that meanders for a little over a mile through the woods near my home. But that trail through the trees has become my therapist, my personal trainer, and my best editor.
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I'd rather be hated for who I am than loved who I am not. Even if you're not accepted, at least you are still yourself.
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We're on the verge of a financial collapse unless we balance the budget, and that means some really, really tough decisions.
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I've always found it very sanitary to be broke.
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Sometimes I sit down to dinner with people and I realize there is a massive military machine surrounding us, trying to kill the people I'm having dinner with.
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Dreams are the expression of the unconscious while we are asleep.
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Beauty is our weapon against nature; by it we make objects, giving them limit, symmetry, proportion. Beauty halts and freezes the melting flux of nature.
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But the issue is not only life and death but our existence before God and our being judged by him. All of us were sinners before him and worthy of condemnation.
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Fans will express themselves. We will always have the best security possible, as we always do. And I hope that Cleveland and the fans, you would hope that everybody keeps it to a certain level, because anything you do that crosses the line isn't going to look bad for anybody but the franchise and Cleveland.
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I bought my first electric guitar when I moved to Memphis; a Gibson with a DeArmond pickup which I used with a small Gibson amplifier.
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I don't know how I got involved in 'Celebrity Wife Swap.' It came from my agent Hugh. He got the opportunity for me.
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After I do my first writing of the day, I will generally look at Twitter and Google News - and that's my big media secret. I look at Twitter and I look at Google because they pull all the headlines from other websites.
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One of the disadvantages of wine is that it makes a man mistake words for thoughts.
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What's the worst that can happen? If it doesn't do well I can put on my big girl panties, deal with it and move on.
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Never respect men merely for their riches, but rather for their philanthropy; we do not value the sun for its height, but for its use.
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I will:· Give Rajkot a modern scientific institution for measuring and managing earthquakes.· Make Rajkot the hub of tourism development in Saurashtra and Kutch.· Give priority to making Rajkot a centre for excellence in education.· Make Rajkot become the premier city, for not just Saurashtra, but also for Kutch.(Source). (20 February 2002).
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I'm a little surprised that commercial success has arrived. I used to think that it was hopeless, that it would never happen.
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I shall repeat a hundred times; we really ought to free ourselves from the seduction of words!
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When you laugh with good-hearted innocence at your own creations, you are free.
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There's been a big buzz about the Charlatans in the last couple of years. I've heard the word Charlatans more in the last few years than I'd heard it for the previous 20 years. People would interview me for years and never even mention the Charlatans.
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Freedom has never been free.
