Sharon Draper (Sharon Mills Draper) Quotes
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Music is a powerful tool in galvanizing people around an issue. There's no better way to get your point across than to put it in a beautiful song.
Ed Sheeran
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There never was a time when, in my opinion, some way could not be found to prevent the drawing of the sword.
Ulysses S. Grant
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I came up with this statistic that if a kid makes something himself, he's 90 to 95% likely to try it. And of course, then, if it's good, he'll eat it!
Tamra Davis
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We English are good at forgiving our enemies; it releases us from the obligation of liking our friends.
P. D. James
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Making a film or doing a play are completely different experiences and entirely fulfilling, but completely unique. I also think one complements the other. People often say that theater is about flexing your muscles, and is actually real acting, whereas I sort of disagree.
Eddie Redmayne
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When you have a voice, and you have an opportunity at the world level to be able to speak, it has to be right.
Caitlyn Jenner
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When it is a question of God's almighty Spirit, never say, 'I can't.'
Oswald Chambers
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In the calculus of western interests, there is no suffering, whatever its scale, which cannot be justified. Chechens, Palestinians, Iraqis, Afghans, Pakistanis are of little importance.
Tariq Ali
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I can't hold a grudge anyway.
Victoria Justice
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I believe as musicians and artists we have an obligation to our souls. What that is? Only each one of us knows. I can speak for myself and say my obligation is to be happy. When I'm happy, I make great music. When I'm unhappy and my heart is broken, I may make brokenhearted music, but it still sounds good.
Narada Michael Walden
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Creatively, I've always wanted to be different as it relates to my craft, and reggae, being a part of my culture, makes up a percentage of that uniqueness. The only definition I can think of to describe my style is 'OMI.'
OMI
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Actually, I'm 5-8 and change without shoes. With shoes, 5-9.
Nate Robinson
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There is a constant rush to judgment in Foucault. He is filled with specious generalizations, false categories, distortions, fudging, pretenses to knowledge in areas where he was ignorant. He had no ability whatsoever to distinguish among historical sources, where he makes terrible blunders.
Camille Paglia
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Nam idem velle atque idem nolle, ea demum firma amicitia est.
Sallust
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Ya white tee, well to me, look like a night gown, make ya mama proud, take that thang two sizes down.
Outkast
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It's tempting to engage in anti-gun polemics and hope that popular opinion will dramatically shift, but it is also likely a mistake. The smarter course for those who want stronger federal gun-control laws anytime soon is legislative stewardship and compromise.
Adam Cohen
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One night Roger was in a foul mood and he threw his entire bloody drumset across the stage. The thing only just missed me - I might have been killed.
Freddie Mercury
Queen
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Thoughts need words. Words need a voice.
Sharon Draper
