James Hubert Blake (Eubie Blake) Quotes
Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind - listen to the birds. And don't hate nobody.
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Large audiences did not suit my low-key approach.
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First of all, I'm not the kind of guy that likes to rehash the show and so forth and so on.
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The IT bubble is the IT bubble, and of course, we became a company that contracted dramatically in 2001 and 2002: we basically came down by 45,000 people - a dramatic ramp-down.
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I have often said one of the reasons more blacks don't support Republicans is because they don't trust the GOP establishment.
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Coney Island was the centre of the world for me. I loved the rides, the hot dogs - I've never gotten over it.
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I consider The O.C. as my college. It was four years and I made friends who I'll have forever.
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Being away from home for six months of the year and seeing your kids grow up on Skype all that time - I think I saw Molly walk for the first time on Skype. That's not good.
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I entered the industry at very young age, and I was like any normal girl at the age of 17 or 18. At that age, most girls are a little plump.
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I fell in love with acting at around the age of 11, when I was drafted in to play a fairy at an amateur production of 'Midsummer Night's Dream.'
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You measure a democracy by the freedom it gives its dissidents, not the freedom it gives its assimilated conformists.
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Cricket is my first love.
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Whoever uplifts civilization is rich though he die penniless, and future generations will erect his monument.
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Keep your sense of humor, my friend; if you don't have a sense of humor it just isn't funny anymore.
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In the 1970s, New York City avoided bankruptcy because wise political leaders like Gov. Hugh L. Carey believed both in strong labor unions and robust banks and companies.
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There is no doubt that the new wave in Palestine will soon wipe off this disgraceful blot from the face of the Islamic world.
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The United Nations will spearhead our efforts to manage the new conflicts (that afflict our world)....Yes the principles of the United Nations Charter are worth our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honor.'
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Market capitalism survived and prospered after the boom-bust industrial revolution of the 19th century, and the Great Depression and world wars of the 20th century. It will recover from the financial panic of 2008-09 and Obamanomics.
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I was a spiritual kid.
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At the moment, I have it planned as a six or seven year experiment, but the books will only ever appear in bursts like this every couple of years and only with the best quality artists.
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I love it when you like a character, and then she does something you don't like, and you hate her for a while - then you love her again. I'd like to see her have unlikable moments that the audience understands and sympathizes with.
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The God I find in Christ is a God who overcomes evil with good, hate by love, and the world by a cross.
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No good opera plot can be sensible, for people do not sing when they are feeling sensible.
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Iraq has WMDs. It is not something we think, it is something we know. Iraq has itself admitted that it has had mustard gas, nerve gas, anthrax, but Saddam won't disclose. He won't tell us where and how these weapons have been destroyed. We know this from the UN inspectors, so there is no doubt in my mind.
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Be grateful for luck. Pay the thunder no mind - listen to the birds. And don't hate nobody.
