Stokely Carmichael (Kwame Ture) Quotes
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Honestly speaking, I don't like my films. When I watch them, I see a lot of scope for improvement, so if I were to see any of my films, like 'Dhoom,' I might say... 'It would have been better if...' or 'had it been...' and this is all about evolving.
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A month alone would make me so happy. Not good for my dating prospects.
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My first book, 'In Praise of Slowness,' examines how the world got stuck in fast-forward and chronicles a global trend towards putting on the brakes. That trend is called the Slow movement. 'Slow' in this context does not mean doing everything at a snail's pace. It means doing everything at the right speed.
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I love a cool bralette paired with a high-waisted jean, maybe with Chanel suspenders and a good platform shoe.
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You cannot make peace with terrorists. The normal dividing lines between war and peace do not apply.
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I was hiding behind athletics and all my jockitude, so I didn't have to deal with being ostracized as the weird art kid.
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To say that Jimmy Carter does not understand politics or is not a good politician denies the phenomenon by which he got to the White House. He is without question the best politician, when he's working at it, of anybody I have ever seen.
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How can anybody hate nurses? Nobody hates nurses. The only time you hate a nurse is when they're giving you an enema.
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My father thought sport was something fun - he didn't know it was a way to make money. Then I won a Mercedes at the world championships and I gave it to him. From the moment it arrived my father said: 'Good, you can support not just yourself but me too'.
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It's the way the human brain works: when enough events occur in a pattern, we stop thinking and go into macro mode.
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I listen to a lot of jazz. I'm a big Sinatra geek. I love Chet Baker.
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We can fight over what the taxation levels should be, but the tax system should be very, very simple and not distortionary.
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There has to be room for people to make mistakes and lead their own lives.
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I like to do yoga, Pilates, dance, and things like that.
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I see flaws as a kind of beauty.
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That professionalism comes from what I've watched people do on the set. I'm just trying to be as respectful to the environment, as they have been. I think I still act like a kid. I just try to be as professional as I can.
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A pocket square must always - always - be white and a bit wild. If it is too prepared, it is tacky.
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Do I contradict myself? Very well, then I contradict myself, I am large, I contain multitudes.
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There are only 24 hours in a day, and my top priority is working on my films, but I love short film experiments.
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I have enjoyed all the artists I've worked with.
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I don't get to sue just because I don't like something.
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I don't always feel comfortable being outwardly aggressive.
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It seems that whenever America faced a challenge, it faced it and overcame it.
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Before a group can enter the open society, it must first close ranks.
