Samuel R. Delany (Samuel Ray Delany Jr.) Quotes
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If you expect the blessings of God, be kind to His people.
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I don't really consider myself an impressionist.
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It's important to have a dream no matter how old you are.
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If they can't do it in California, it can't be done anywhere.
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Hearts are the strongest when they beat in response to noble ideals.
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Everybody that's trying to get anything progressive done in this country knows that the biggest barrier is getting money out of politics.
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Gossip is easy, politics is hard.
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Forgiveness is the key to action and freedom.
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I made the decision to end business relationships with the Trump Organization simply because it was the right thing to do. No one approached me, asked me or pressured me to take this action.
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I first started going to shows when I was about 16 - seeing local bands. I mean, I loved music before that, and I played a bit of guitar when I was younger and thought maybe I'd become a guitar teacher or something, but when I saw other kids doing it, I was like, 'Whoa, these are great bands! I can do it, too.'
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The natural effect of sorrow over the dead is to refine and elevate the mind.
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There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
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I was still 15 when I met John Lennon at a village fete in Woolton, in Liverpool.
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The test of a good letter is a very simple one. If one seems to hear the other person talking as one reads, it is a good letter.
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One of the great things about our democracy is it expresses itself in all sorts of ways. And that includes people protesting. I've been the subject of protests during the course of my eight years and I suspect that there's not a president in our history that at some point hasn't been subject to these protests.
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I think less is more when it comes to kissing in the movies.
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We intend to make this world the most beautiful, glorious planet that any human being can imagine and, really, beyond anything any human being can imagine.
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Honestly, I do not even know whether this is on the visit itinerary, but if there is time, I would be pleased to go to Kodokan. For anyone interested in judo, who loves judo, Kodokan is a special place.
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I just have a vision of something, and it seems to go a long way. One thought goes a long way.
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Actually I don’t need the sleep as much as I need the escape. It’s a wonderful way to escape. I think I can’t stand it and then I just take a pill and wait for sweet nothingness to take over. At this stage in my life nothingness is a lot better than somethingness.
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Breakdowns come, and breakdowns go.
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That is a gift to have four weeks to rehearse something. But remember, when you're doing a play half of that time you're getting to know the play and the other actors and then finally in the third week you have it pretty much on its feet. So it's all relative in different ways.
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These days, you can do a TV series for five years and all of a sudden be on top of the business. Features don't even run in theaters very long anymore before going right to television.
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Apocalypse has come and gone. We're just grubbing in the ashes.
