John H. Reagan Quotes
The irrepressible conflict propounded by abolitionism has produced now its legitimate fruits - disunion.
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Fashion is something which is non-lasting; it's ephemeral.
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It is only through the opposition of ideas that we can learn to be self-critical, to work towards intellectual humility.
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One thing of the many things that I know about Jesse Jackson, he is persistent.
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Our plans for 'Superman?' I can't say. This is the most super secret thing ever. It's like working for the government, like I'm on a covert mission.
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Because we self-published 'Draculas,' we control the rights. Not just for now, but forever.
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It's not just the physical aspect of boxing, it's the whole fighter mentality that has been ingrained in me through the years as a competitive athlete. One of the hardest things you'll ever do is to box - to get into the ring and to face off with somebody whose whole goal is to knock you out, to hurt you, and to be able to fight back.
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Facebook's the real deal. Nobody can buy Facebook now. Everybody has taken an angle at it. But Facebook may be the place that organizes everybody's personal information. It's got a very good chance of being that.
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Life is a lot easier when you realize that you're not in control of it all.
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I have heard of that idea i.e., of Haile Selassie being the reincarnation of Jesus Christ. I also met certain Rastafarians. I told them clearly that I am a man, that I am mortal, and that I would be replaced by the oncoming generation, and that they should never make a mistake in assuming or pretending that the human being is emanated from a deity.
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I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one's own bat than by doing the right thing on somebody's else advice.
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The self really is an illusion-and realizing this is the basis of spiritual life.
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Be just before you're generous.
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Those who make no mistakes are making the biggest mistakes of all - they are attempting nothing new.
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Mr Premier, Sir. Neither you nor I speak English, but there are some things that can be said only in English.
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Never in the history of the world have so many people been so rich; never in the history off the world have so many of those same people felt themselves so poor.
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To express yourself needs a reason, but expressing yourself is the reason.
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I have something to say about the difference between American and European cities, but I forgot what it was. I have it written down at home somewhere.
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Segregation now, segregation tomorrow and segregation forever!
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My music is - I don't want to say my main focus, but it's what comes most naturally to me.
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You start to worry about what happens if you don't win. You start to fear man because you want praise from man. You start thinking about how winning will lead to more money. There are a lot of sin issues inside of that. So now when I go into competition, I have to take my thoughts captive and use God's Word to fight that battle.
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As a young writer, I questioned the idea that I had to write fiction in a world where I could write my own ethnicity only and nothing else. 'Fach' to me was a little like that. As a biracial person, that's an inherently unstable identity.
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I remember those days with Bergman with great nostalgia. We were aware that the films were going to be quite important, and the work felt meaningful.
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The irrepressible conflict propounded by abolitionism has produced now its legitimate fruits - disunion.
