Helen Keller Quotes
The worst thing in the world is not to be born blind, but to be born with sight, and yet have no vision.
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Although I grew up as a fan of the culture from the disco D.J. era as a young kid and hearing the beginnings of hip-hop, I'm hearing it all from another borough in Brooklyn.
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Capitalism is about adventurers who get harmed by their mistakes, not people who harm others with their mistakes.
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I don't see a white woman. I see a black woman, even though my mother is white. Knowing that has made my life easier, I think.
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We younger Negro artists who create now intend to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame. If white people are pleased, we are glad. If they are not, it doesn't matter. We know we are beautiful. And ugly too.
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If you get lazy when you're onstage, it shows.
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My success has got so great, it's like I'm trapped, almost, within it.
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Contemplation is a luxury of the middle class, the very rich.
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But even writing the column for the 'Telegraph,' that idea of working to deadlines, which as an actor that's not something you have to do in the same way. It's excited me into wanting to do a bit more.
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I think I've always been afraid of painting, really. Right from the beginning. All my paintings are about painting without a painter. Like a kind of mechanical form of painting.
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I have too many responsibilities and principles. There's no time for 'guilty' pleasures.
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Freedom is a lonely battle, but if the United States doesn't lead it - sometimes imperfectly, but mostly with honor - who will?
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Regarding the Hall of Fame, when they decided I was going to be one of the possible candidates, when I heard that, I was so thrilled. You're always hoping for something like that.
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Once you accept that we're all imperfect, it's the most liberating thing in the world. Then you can go around making mistakes and saying the wrong thing and tripping over on the street and all that and not feel worried.
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Gas consumption is growing everywhere.
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I want to live happily in a world I don't understand.
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Words can be very powerful. I find them very difficult.
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Πιθανὸς ἄγαν ὁ θῆλυς ὅρος ἐπινέμεταιταχύπορος· ἀλλὰ ταχύμορονγυναικογήρυτον ὄλλυται κλέος.
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There's a lot of mental illness in my family. So, if you catch schizophrenia, get four boxes of Mike and Ikes, a Bible, and a cage. Wait it out.
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Clothes that are too tight make you look bigger. If you've been trying to shed pounds, and it doesn't go, buy the next size up. I never care what size my clothes are.
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I remember one of my last shows, the Final Jeopardy! clue was something like 'These two boys' names are top 10 boys' names in the U.S., they both end with the same letter, and they're both names of Jesus' apostles.' Now, obviously that's not a knowable fact.
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Many people think that open source projects are sort of chaotic and and anarchistic. They think that developers randomly throw code at the code base and see what sticks.
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Besides the alternate universe offered by a book, the quiet space of a museum was my favorite place to go. My mom said I was an escapist at heart . . . that I preferred imaginary worlds to the real one. It’s true that I’ve always been able to yank myself out of this world and plunge myself into another.
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The worst thing in the world is not to be born blind, but to be born with sight, and yet have no vision.
