Ralph Ellison Quotes
I do not know if all cops are poets, but I know that all cops carry guns with triggers.
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You can't talk of the dangers of snake poisoning and not mention snakes.
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Look at the sky. We are not alone. The whole universe is friendly to us and conspires only to give the best to those who dream and work.
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As his talent expands, some of his stories become pointed social commentary; some are surprisingly effective religious tracts, disguised as science fiction. Others still are nostalgic vignettes, but under it all is still Bradbury, the poet of 20th-century neurosis.
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Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth.
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If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there worrying. It's the worry that gets you, not the lack of sleep.
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At the time I was writing the second album, I was sitting home in my underwear all day every day; I didn't have all that much to write about except for my own life and my family.
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It's very tempting to have a nanny and live in a gated community and have a chef - I'd love to have a few dinners cooked for me. But I don't want that for my children. When they're older, if people say to them, 'Did you have a chef?' I want them to be shocked by the question.
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The United States is very good at understanding itself, and very bad at understanding others.
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To go back means defeat.
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Supreme Court arguments and decisions are fascinating to a few of us and really pretty boring to most.
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Honestly, I'm not a massive fan of courtroom dramas.
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To grow, people need to be challenged.
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There are lots of women tennis players, for instance, but because not many of them seem to have much personality, they're interchangeable. You don't have a feeling about them.
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Poverty is a solved problem - all they have to do is abolish taxes and regulations which cripple those intelligent, capable, and responsible men and women and destroy their productive capacity, then stand back and watch the economy boom.
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My personal view is that organisations have a capacity to throw up extraordinary leaders to suit the occasion.
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We must continue to step in and stand up to resist reckless rhetoric and actions in a peaceful and forceful manner.
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Statesmen remember things selectively.
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I try not to confuse roles and traits in my own life. Being the Perl god is a role. Being a stubborn cuss is a trait.
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The best thing about Sachin Tendulkar is that he's completely rooted, down to earth, and a thorough gentleman. He's probably the best thing to have happened to Indian cricket and maybe Indian sport as a whole.
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Every mighty move of the Spirit of God has had its source in the prayer chamber.
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I've had to learn to fight all my life - got to learn to keep smiling. If you smile things will work out.
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I get my best ideas in a thunderstorm. I have the power and majesty of nature on my side.
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As we continue to fight the War on Terror, it is imperative that we protect America's fallen heroes by ensuring that they are treated with respect, while being laid to rest.
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I do not know if all cops are poets, but I know that all cops carry guns with triggers.
