Roy H. Williams Quotes
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If you are for freedom and equal rights, which we hear a lot of talk about these days, then you have to include the LGBTQ community in that. And if you're not willing to put your time where your mouth is, then I don't know quite what you mean by commitment in your life.
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I've made a lifetime commitment to the union movement and to public education.
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I've wanted to be a writer since I was a boy, though it seemed an unlikely outcome since I showed no real talent. But I persevered and eventually found my own row to hoe. Ignorance of other writers' work keeps me from discouragement and I am less well-read than the average bus driver.
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Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates.
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I'm ambitious. But if I weren't as talented as I am ambitious, I would be a gross monstrosity.
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Acting is a talent, but I like to see the whole picture.
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I have no interest in directing. I've no talent for it.
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Maybe if I didn't have the talent in chess I'd find the talent in something else. The only thing I know is that I have talent in chess, and I'm satisfied with that.
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It's essential to have sacred time for writing. All successful authors have some daily commitment to keep on-track and moving forward.
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The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.
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Talent alone gets you nowhere. You really have to have the grit, and you gotta have a love for people.
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I take jobs with people I admire, people with incredible talent who aren't necessarily big sellers.
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We had to forge an alliance of strength based not on colour but on commitment to the total abolition of apartheid and oppression; we would seek allies, of whatever colour, as long as they were totally agreed on our liberation aims.
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With continued prayer and an equally-determined commitment to action for needed anti-violence reforms, let us resolve to work toward a new era in which every American child and every adult are protected from the ravages of brutality, safe and secure in our homes and schools and communities.
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My dad was in the Navy, and I was raised with a strong commitment to service.
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The European auto industry made a commitment to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by an average of 140 grams per kilometer. But then there was a significant change in what customers wanted in their vehicles.
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My journey in the military solidified my tireless commitment to making sure girls and women are given the opportunity to meet their full potential, and nobody tells them they can't do something because they're a girl.
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Acceptance of the power of God in one's life lays the groundwork for personal commitment to both science and Christianity, which so often have been in conflict.
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I took charge of the government as per my commitment to serving the country and the people, and not out of any greed for yet another post.
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I'm always disappointed when people don't live up to their potential. I know that a number of people look down on themselves and consequently on everybody who looks like them. But that, too, can change.
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The way black women say "girl" can be magical. Frankly, I have no solid beliefs about the survival of consciousness after physical death. But if it's going to happen I know what I want to see after my trek toward the light. I want to see a black woman who will smile and say, "Girl....
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I've always had a duck personality. Calm above water, feet going crazy below.
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It is a lack of commitment, not a lack of talent, that damns you to mediocrity.
