Sonny Liston Quotes
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I had read Plato and Kant, but I had forgotten it.
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There are two types of people in the world. People who like kids, and people who don't. People who complain about kids screaming on aeroplanes and in restaurants, and those people who love kids and enjoy their energy and enjoy hearing the noise they make and get off on their energy. I am one of those people who happens to love kids.
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I love the idea of getting up early on Sundays and walking to the market to pick up fresh fruits and vegetables. It's a good way to start my day, and it makes me feel like I've accomplished something before other people are even awake.
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There's a long tradition of black folks pleading with white people. It's a tradition that emerges from political necessity, so I get it; I'm just not very interested in it.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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The stigma that was once attached to things society deemed unhealthy served the purpose of making them undesirable. With the stigma gone, many people see little reason not to do whatever feels good at the moment.
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In my role as a spokesperson for Amnesty International U.S.A. and as a supporter of various charitable causes including Unlock Iran, a campaign to release prisoners of conscience in Iran, I have never been faced with the threat of intimidation or arrest.
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We all must support the arts, as it is our culture. It makes us better people. It makes us happy; it gives us empathy and shows us how to live. It is so important.
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I want to top expectations. I want to blow you away.
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Experiencing those moments of being alone... is a very, very weird flooring and exposing position to be in when you're just not used to it... But I've never been lonely. And with my kids Mia and Joe that remains the case.
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In the tight belly of the dead, Burrow with hungry head, And inlay maggots like a jewel.
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I still think of myself really as a New Yorker.
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If you don't vote, you don't count.
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If you just love movies enough, you can make a good one.
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I really don't like confrontations. One of the reasons I'm retiring is that I'm tired of hurting people's feelings.
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2005 was a great year for me for fantastic roles that nobody saw.
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I'm a closet outdoorsy athletic enthusiast, and I would love to do a rafting and hiking trip someday and maybe sleep in a treehouse and bathe in a chilly winding river.
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Democracy is the art and science of running the circus from the monkey cage.
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It depends how lenient you are with your definition of artist. If you're going to include those who tap dance at the high school recital, then maybe I am.
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At present I am light, now I fly, now I see myself below me, now a god dances through me.
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Bad ballplayers make good managers.
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My name is Jimmy Carter, and I'm not running for president.
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How would you like to find out how good my right is?
