Geoffrey Canada Quotes
When I was growing up, kids used to talk about snitching... It never extended as a cultural norm outside of the gangsters.
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I live in a 'sky island,' a unique mountain valley environment where half the animal species of North America can be found.
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When I was a child I asked my mother what homosexuality was about and she said - and this was 100 years ago in Germany and she was very open-minded - 'It's like hair color. It's nothing. Some people are blond and some people have dark hair. It's not a subject.' This was a very healthy attitude.
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I just feel I've got thousands and thousands of young fans that have to learn about what's real when it comes to AIDS.
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More recently, as faith gave way to materialism, anti-Semitism assumed a secular mode, harnessing itself to the dominant ideologies of both the Left and the Right.
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'Vanity' means worthlessness.
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For some reason, I spent my early thirties reading as much postwar Hungarian fiction as I could get my hands on.
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It's brutal out on the football field.
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If you tell the truth you get into trouble, and that's why politicians are extremely dull.
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I've had the most untraumatic life a human being can have. But I've always been drawn to those who have had far more complicated histories.
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I kept hiding my smile in pictures throughout middle school and most of high school until picture day came my senior year.
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Oh how I wish I could be as obsessive as Carrie from 'Homeland' when I'm writing a book! That would save me a lot of trouble during the revision process.
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I was fourteen, watching 'The Princess Bride' for the 254321th time, captivated by Wesley and Inigo dueling on the cliff-top. I had never held a sword in my life, but I phoned my mum and said, 'I want to learn to fence!'
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There is no kind of music I don't listen to. Everything good is interesting. I am as happy with a Bach fugue as I am with a record by Thelonious Monk.
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It's not about where you were born or where you come from that makes you a good scientist. What you need are good teachers, co-students, facilities.
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If you never give up, you'll be successful.
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I think there's a lot of things that occur within the African-American community, that we would prefer to stay within the African-American community - that we get a little nervous when you start having scenes or dialogue that we know is going to be viewed and heard on a national or global scale.
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My human rights activism has been widely met with encouragement and support. Ahangarani should earn plaudits, not only for her cinematic achievements, but also for her humanitarian deeds and her commitment to increased rights and freedoms for all.
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There are no ordinary moments.
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It's fun to take two topics and mix them into one cartoon.
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I was raised Catholic, but my father's people were Methodist, so we went to both churches.
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Life isn't as magical here, and you're not the only one who feels like you don't belong, or that it's better somewhere else. But there ARE things worth living for. And the best part is you never know what's going to happen next.
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Cape Town, South Africa, was pretty incredible. That's probably the coolest place I have ever been, and the kiteboarding is insane there. It's so windy, so you can get massive air.
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When I was growing up, kids used to talk about snitching... It never extended as a cultural norm outside of the gangsters.
