Isabel Wilkerson Quotes
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The loneliest Chinese man I ever met lived halfway up the Three Gorges, in Sichuan Province.
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I lived in Montreal from the time I was 12 until I was 16.
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When I lived in Egypt, we always wore kaftans. I had cashmere kaftans from Halston. You put on a kaftan in your backyard, and it's like you're in Ibiza.
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I went to find myself and save myself by being an agent.
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I can't give a decent toast to save my life.
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I watched a lot of old movies. Clint Eastwood movies, a lot of John Wayne films, a lot of movies that celebrated the region of where I lived.
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The planet doesn't require saving, and actually hasn't asked Greenpeace to save it.
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When I appeared in 'Coronation Street,' I lived in Manchester and enjoyed it very much.
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I've lived, laughed, lost, and loved again the whole Shakespearian thing.
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We need to do everything possible to save the Jewish state. We don't have another Jewish state.
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I'm a great believer in geography being destiny.
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One of my grandsons used to insist, when he was only 3 or 4, that he had been born and had lived in India.
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By the time I was 10, I had lived in 11 different countries.
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We lived, ate, and breathed pop songs.
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We lived in Manhattan, which was unbearable sometimes because it was so noisy. There were sirens blaring, construction sites going, people shouting and swearing at each other.
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We think the man with the best rap will protect and save us, but it's not usually that way. Love is something deeper and purer.
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What are your choices? Whom are your choices for? Not just for yourself. Chose now whom you will serve, and that choice is going to affect the next generation, and the next generation, and the next. Choice never affects just one person alone. It goes on and on and the effect goes out into geography and history. You are part of history and your choices become part of history.
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We just keep on having to save each other", he says. "We ever gonna be even?" "I hope not," I say.
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When you're at a public pool or in your friend's backyard, knowing that your kids can get in and out of the water and protect themselves can make all the difference in the world. Something as simple as being able to flip over and get to the ladder can save a life. You can start your kids in lessons as early as you want - it's never too soon.
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You'd have to have lived under a rock somewhere to not have heard of it.
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You take somebody that cries their goddam eyes out over phoney stuff in the movies, and nine times out of ten they're mean bastards at heart.
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I remember the night when I was playing at Birdland, and Duke Ellington walked in wearing that cap of his and with all his elegance. The Duke then came backstage, and I was there with my band. That's the one thing I miss.
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It occurred to me that no matter where I lived, geography could not save me.
