H. G. Wells Quotes
For all my desire to be interesting, I have to confess that for most things and people I don't give a damn.
Quotes to Explore
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People tend to judge presidents on how the economy performs, and yet we don't expect them to have the power to do much about it. Or we don't want them to exercise that power, if they were to have it.
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There was a side of me that knew I was gonna change the game, but I didn't know how many people would respect it.
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Of course people think Washington is arrogant. It is.
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When I'm around black or white people, I'm always in the middle. Especially when I am around black people; they will really tell how they feel about white people regardless of the fact that I'm also white and have white relatives. It's very interesting and can be really hard.
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Surround yourself with people who provide you with support and love and remember to give back as much as you can in return.
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The true Islam has shown me that a blanket indictment of all white people is as wrong as when whites make blanket indictments against blacks.
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And I do believe that the way to change a society, to uplift people - not just their spirit, but to uplift their society and economic base - is through education.
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I want to work with different people, and I would like to work in different places.
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People assume that because I'm a great athlete, I can dance. But no. My rhythm is off a little bit.
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I am a huge supporter for cash for caulkers - which allows people to make improvement for energy efficient in their homes. We should do the same for Americans purchasing appliances and computers and for that matter, new air-conditioner and heating units.
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I've always felt that if you've been blessed, you should try to help as many people as you can. I just think that's the right thing to do.
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I don't attempt to make people uncomfortable; I think that my standards in terms of art and journalism always have necessitated my discomfort.
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I know victims of domestic abuse. I know what it takes for people to get out, and I also know why people stay. It's heartbreaking.
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I'm not one of those people who's so blinded by my own work and my sweat. It's kind of risky writing a memoir when you're really part of a larger universe.
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Chinese people themselves, they really want change.
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The great thing I think when you do independents is that people are really there for the same reason. They're not there because they got a lot of money and they want to just go home and get it over with. They're there because they believe in the script or the director or the cast or whatever it is, and they want to make it work.
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Obviously people read the books in order to be entertained.
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I think I've made some choices that maybe I wasn't so sure about for some reason or another. But I'm one of the lucky ones. Even when I was young, I played Bird, and that's a role people wait for their whole lifetime.
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It is through art that we will prevail and we will endure. It lives on after us and defines us as people.
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The music business is very hard on women over 22. You really have to prove yourself every time you make a record. Are you as vibrant as you used to be? Are you as sexy? So I really want to prove that a woman in her 30s can be all those things and more.
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The play I did on Broadway a couple of seasons ago started out of town and it moved its way into New York because of the experience that we had out of town.
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I like talking one-on-one to everyone. I find it really sort of cathartic and interesting to hear people's opinions.
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God deserves the best from us.
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For all my desire to be interesting, I have to confess that for most things and people I don't give a damn.
