Paul Robeson Quotes
We ask for nothing that is not ours by right, and herein lies the great moral power of our demand.
Quotes to Explore
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Hip-hop is rich in musical allusion. It takes something that already existed, respects it, and reuses it.
K. Flay
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But I'm not objective when I'm acting.
Laura Innes
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I conveniently was not accepted to film school, which I applied to in 1987, and so I decided I would become a filmmaker instead of a student.
Ira Sachs
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I was born in Nashville, Tenn., but I have lived in a number of places. In 1937, I moved to Baltimore, Md., where I attended junior high and high school. I lived there for five years before leaving for college.
Nancy Roman
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I love wrestling, and I love the entertainment aspect of wrestling, but the rest of my life, I just want to be able to live and enjoy my life. I don't want to be living it essentially for other people's entertainment.
Daniel Bryan
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Drinking a cup of coffee with your eyes closed isn't a sophisticated task for a person, but it's hard for a robot.
Vijay Kumar
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The principle of the design - the harmony, rhythm and balance are all the same with interior and fashion design.
Venus Williams
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Procrastination is the bad habit of putting off until the day after tomorrow what should have been done the day before yesterday.
Napoleon Hill
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What should all men know about women? That we are always right and you should just agree.
Lara Stone
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The Buddhist view, 'takes the function of work to be at least threefold': 'to give a man a chance to utilize and develop his faculties; to enable him to overcome his egocentredness by joining with other people in a common task; and to bring forth the goods and services needed for a becoming existence.'
E. F. Schumacher
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The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again: and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered.
Edmund Burke
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I can understand the poor and stupid voting for Marxism or one of its fashionable variants. If you've no hope of being other than a slave, you may as well opt for the most efficient form of slavery.
P. D. James
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A lot of the material is about the inevitable disappointment people feel as they move through life, and things don’t feel the way they expect. No experience will ever match up to the idealized version in your mind.
Ben Gibbard Death Cab for Cutie
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Science is progressing at such a rapid rate that when you make a prediction and think you are ahead of your time by 100 years you may be ahead of your time by 10 at most.
Leo Szilard
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You stand out in the crowd only because you have these many, many carrying you on their shoulders.
Desmond Tutu
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I guess I'll retire someday if I live that long.
Bobby Bowden
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I was an adopted child of my grandparents, and I don't know how I can ever express my gratitude for that, because my parents would have been a mess, you know.
James Earl Jones
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It would be fun to write with Adele, actually. She seems like a fun girl to write with.
Kris Allen
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My morning routine is quite common: I have breakfast at home while reading the newspaper, I take a shower, get dressed, a spray of cologne, and I am ready to go!
Domenico Dolce
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The history of Europe over the last several centuries provides clear evidence of the transformative power of commerce.
Iqbal Quadir
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The wreckage of stars - I built a world from this wreckage.
Friedrich Nietzsche
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Of course what is talked about in the U.N. General Assembly is very important. Officials, the leaders of nations, appear there to speak of the most important topics - what they perceive to be the most important topics.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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We must always take from nature what we paint and always choose the most beautiful things.
Leon Battista Alberti
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We ask for nothing that is not ours by right, and herein lies the great moral power of our demand.
Paul Robeson