Sebastian Faulks Quotes
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Malcolm X raised my consciousness about myself and my people and other people more than any person I know. I knew him before he became Malcolm X.
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You can't criticize people for wanting to have a decent life or wanting to live decently.
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I think there is something, more important than believing: Action! The world is full of dreamers, there aren't enough who will move ahead and begin to take concrete steps to actualize their vision.
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I'm odd looking. Sometimes I think I look like a funny muppet.
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Ah, when love dies, women lose two and a half inches in height.
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I was raised playing music in coffeehouses and I feel that was the foundation for my career. I think it is important that we remember where we came from.
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Nationalism has two fatal charms for its devotees: It presupposes local self-sufficiency, which is a pleasant and desirable condition, and it suggests, very subtly, a certain personal superiority by reason of one's belonging to a place which is definable and familiar, as against a place that is strange, remote.
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That's the most memorable one, but it's not the most fun to remember.
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It is the immigrant hordes who keep this country alive, the waves of them arriving year after year.... Who believes in America more than the people who run down the gangplank and kiss the ground?
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Don't think you can attain total awareness and whole enlightenment without proper discipline and practice. This is egomania. Appropriate rituals channel your emotions and life energy toward the light. Without the discipline to practice them, you will tumble constantly backward into darkness.
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The 'Net is a waste of time.
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Be patient with yourself. Self-growth is tender; it's holy ground. There's no greater investment.
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I've always been a fan of science fiction films, and I've never been able to put my particular spin on it.
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I understand the Second Amendment. I respect the Second Amendment. I think we need to use common sense tools to keep the American people safe, to keep our streets safe.
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We don't separate out men and women working together in corporations.
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My direction? Anywhere. Because one is always nearer by not keeping still.
