Ernest Gaines Quotes
A myth is an old lie that people believe in. White people believe that they're better than anyone else on earth - and that's a myth.
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I've programmed myself musically to come up with love-feeling tracks that are romantic, sexy, but classy, all in one. And that's the challenge. Once I create that music, then the lyrical content starts to come - you know, the stories and things like that.
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I come from a family of refugees. I'm used to surviving and going with the flow, and what happened to me was just life.
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Forget the technique. Hit the guy across from you. Don't let somebody come in your space.
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I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
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I love my kitchen. On the weekends, we have friends over, the kids are buzzing around, and we cook and talk.
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After the first exams, I switched to the Faculty of Philosophy and studied Zoology in Munich and Vienna.
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The political process is rough and tumble by definition, and being grounded in faith in a Higher Power has proven helpful in navigating the difficult terrain.
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What's important is to be able to see yourself, I think, as having commonality with other people and not determine, because of your good luck, that everybody is less significant, less interesting, less important than you are.
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I was not a rebellious teenager. I was a sit-in-your-room teenager.
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I'm not saying that there's anything better than mated bliss at its best, but I'm saying that living alone is as good in its own way. But we haven't quite given ourselves permission to recognize that.
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Cate Blanchett is somebody who I could watch do anything. I love what an extraordinary chameleon she can be. There's something about the way she bends and transforms that feels otherworldly to me.
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I was lucky enough to attend schools where they were understanding about when I needed to go abroad to play chess. Of course, socially it is important to go to school and interact with people your own age.
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On that show, I did country and some rock, too, whatever record I had out at the time, I'd sing that.
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I get a feeling about where a teammate is going to be. A lot of times, I can turn and pass without even looking.
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I loved 'Ghana Must Go' by Taiye Selasi. It's about a first-generation African family living in America that has to return home to Nigeria when their estranged father passes away.
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Global poverty is a complex web of interlinked problems. There is no one 'silver bullet' that will solve global inequality. Multiple contributing factors must be tackled in parallel. Yes, education alone is unlikely to lead to employment without economic reform to address the demand side in much of the developing world.
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This is it no more fun the death of all joy has come.
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I'm a songwriter, an artist, and a musician. I do not have to try to be that; I just am.
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Do I want to see people take their Social Security payments and put them into private accounts, open up an eTrade account and go into the stock market? Absolutely not.
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I am very interested in what has been called bad taste. I believe the fear of displaying a soi-disant bad taste stops us from venturing into special cultural zones.
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In spite of holidays when I was free to visit London theatres and explore the countryside, I spent four very miserable years as a colonial at an English school.
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Actually, before 'Super 8,' I didn't even have a game console. But now I do. For a kickoff for 'Super 8,' they gave us all brand new PlayStation 3s.
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A myth is an old lie that people believe in. White people believe that they're better than anyone else on earth - and that's a myth.
