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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But I'm not objective when I'm acting.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The principle of the design - the harmony, rhythm and balance are all the same with interior and fashion design.
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What should all men know about women? That we are always right and you should just agree.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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You stand out in the crowd only because you have these many, many carrying you on their shoulders.
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I guess I'll retire someday if I live that long.
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It would be fun to write with Adele, actually. She seems like a fun girl to write with.
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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!
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Whatever show is on, I dress in that designer's clothes. Some of them were totally unwearable.
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I met my darling wife Wilnelia in 1980 when we were on the judging panel for the Miss World contest at the Royal Albert Hall. With two ex-wives and five daughters, I thought I wouldn't be involved with anyone for a long time - if ever. Winnie was so gorgeous, my jaw dropped - and it's a big jaw to drop.
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You cannot underestimate the value of luck in success in life. And I've really learned to appreciate that.
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I am left alone in the wide world. My own dear family I have buried: one in Rangoon, and two in Amherst. What remains for me but to hold myself in readiness to follow the dear departed to that blessed world, 'Where my best friends, my kindred dwell, where God, my Saviour, reigns.'
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I know who I am. And I know I'm a good person.
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Every economic decision has a moral consequence.
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To make a couple putts to win the Masters is just an amazing feeling.
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It's hard to write haiku. I write long, silly Indian poems.
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One of my superstitions is I'm not allowed to talk about them.
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Fascism in Uruguay did not begin just with the military coup of 1973, but years before, even when there was still a government with a constitution and parliament.
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We ask for nothing that is not ours by right, and herein lies the great moral power of our demand.
