John Fleming Quotes
The truth is that the banks that are really hurting under Dodd-Frank, really getting no relief, are the community banks.
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I would never let somebody say that they're me. That would be the ultimate betrayal of what I stand for.
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In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character.
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Among my generation, there was a purist position that any contact with electoral politics was an unforgiveable compromise.
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It is not whether you really cry. It's whether the audience thinks you are crying.
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You want maybe to be that guy or one of the few guys who can help develop the game in the United States.
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I've only chosen films that offered me something concrete, even if it is less than what I get to do in the South.
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Strike the right balance between your outfit and makeup. Make a statement with one, not both.
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The crisis of black politics can only be resolved through the development of multiclass, multiracial, progressive political structures.
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As a result of 50 years of emancipation, feminine qualities were dying out or being transferred to the males. Pansies of both sexes were everywhere, not yet completely homosexual, but confused not knowing what they were. The result was a herd of unhappy sexual misfits... the women wanting to dominate and the men to be nannied.
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We read Robert Browning's poetry. Here we needed no guidance from the professor: the poems themselves were enough.
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I once went on the most grueling radio tour. Living in hotel rooms, sleeping in the backs of rental cars as my mom drove to three different cities in one day.
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All Hollywood corrupts; and absolute Hollywood corrupts absolutely.
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I punish myself more than anybody else does if I am stupid about my actions, and I suffer, really suffer.
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I think we live in a culture where it is really difficult to get privacy because everything is so accessible. It's very difficult to maintain your comfortable life with a sort of mystique.
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Don't try to dress like me or wear your hair like mine. Find your own style.
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I've worked so hard for so long, and everyone's reaction has made me feel like... almost like they trust me, which is just a wonderful feeling. It pushes me to write things better and better.
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If you don't shop smart, you get a little trendy.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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If you listen to a lot of old funk records, the drums are really small. But you don't perceive it like that because the groove is so heavy.
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The modern Little Red Riding Hood, reared on singing commercials, has no objection to being eaten by the wolf.
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Courteousness is consideration for others; politeness is the method used to deliver such considerations.
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I figure the oldies are real close to what rocking country use to be.
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I mean, I am fully aware of my influence and my responsibility to society in general representing the gay community. But in the same time, I don't represent the entire gay community because it's a vast, vast community, as one can imagine.
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The truth is that the banks that are really hurting under Dodd-Frank, really getting no relief, are the community banks.
