Steven Biko (Bantu Stephen Biko) Quotes
Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude.
Steven Biko
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The first job I ever had was at a pool-liner-manufacturing plant. Minimum wage was $4.25, and that's what I was making. It was this huge, hot, un-air-conditioned factory staffed with all women and me. This is in Georgia, during the summertime, so it was pretty ridiculous.
Jack McBrayer
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When I first came out with my fans and the wind hit me, I almost took off.
Sally Rand
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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.
Orson Welles
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I made a lot of money. I earned a lot of money with CNN and satellite and cable television. And you can't really spend large sums of money, intelligently, on buying things. So I thought the best thing I could do was put some of that money back to work - making an investment in the future of humanity.
Ted Turner
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As long as there is a mathematical chance, we have to keep on going.
Ottmar Hitzfeld
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I like to relate to my kids as they are. I enjoy spending that time with them. I see that my girls are so completely different and different from me, too.
Gayle Forman
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Engineering is too important to wait for science.
Benoit Mandelbrot
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Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
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I can't be as open on national television as I can when I'm having dinner with friends. But that doesn't mean the type of person I am is different. My values, my dislikes, my sense of humor are the same.
Matt Lauer
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We face a conflict between civilisation and culture, which used to be on the same side. Civilisation means rational reflection, material wellbeing, individual autonomy and ironic self-doubt; culture means a form of life that is customary, collective, passionate, spontaneous, unreflective and arational.
Terry Eagleton
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Fame is O.K. I hate it, but it's O.K. I'm beginning to understand how I can be hidden. It's an attitude.
Romain Duris
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Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude.
Steven Biko