Ernest Hemingway Quotes
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In fact, there is clear evidence of black intellectual superiority: in 1984, 92 percent of blacks voted to retire Ronald Reagan, compared to only 36 percent of whites.
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In the last 5 years, American employers have lost over $150 billion of productivity to depression alone. That is more than the GDP of 28 different States during the same period.
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I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.
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I'm not a writer; I'm an actor. My job is to take whatever character I'm given and - especially because I have the responsibility of being a black actress, and I know young black girls are looking up, and everyone's looking to what's on television - to just try to give whatever character I'm playing as three-dimensional a portrayal as I can.
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After having children, life becomes about living beyond yourself; about being bigger and better.
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You have to handle adversity well. There are roadblocks you will have to fight through.
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From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.
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Research programmes, besides their negative heuristic, are also characterized by their positive heuristic.
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It's not like I've ever been the popular pretty girl at school or anything. I was always such a weirdo.
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In general, while Trump has been a master of Twitter, he has shown an aversion to, and ignorance of, technology itself.
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There's a burden of representation that comes into play when there aren't enough representatives of a certain group in popular culture.
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I think that art is still a site for resistance and for the telling of various stories, for validating certain subjectivities we normally overlook. I'm trying to be affective, to suggest changes, and to resist what I feel are the tyrannies of social life on a certain level.
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I think it's a mistake to go after someone just based on looks. But I always respond to people who don't act that interested in me.
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I like to make my name of songs strange.
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I think music sharing of any kind is great.
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Going to a concert is so overwhelming and the energy is amazing.
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It's some weird idea to think that you've always got to say everything is great and perfect.
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I am getting to the point where the only love worth being in is the love worth singing about.
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Words are a pretty blunt instrument. There's always going to be slippage between the words and the infinite complexities of a thought. As a writer, I find that frustrating, but as a social animal, I wouldn't have it any other way.
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If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.
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I want all my books to provoke some kind of response in the reader, to make them think something or feel something or both, and for that to become a part of them and work into their own lives.
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When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.
