Nate Powell Quotes
Power, privilege, and violence are not, and never were, strictly Southern issues in America.
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When I was little, one of my father's friends owned a circus. For four absolutely incredible summers, I found myself being the only boy in Ireland who didn't dream of running away with the circus. I was in it!
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Actual Victorian mores and politics were a reaction to a specific series of historical events, technological and scientific developments, and ethical trends in which the commodification of people was de rigueur.
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I kind of wanna be pro basketball, pro skateboarder.
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During the civilisation and development process of more than 5,000 years, the Chinese nation has made an indelible contribution to the civilisation and advancement of mankind.
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Do not go where the path may lead, go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
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No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite.
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I taught myself how to play the guitar. I never studied music.
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The kind of classic pose of a female model is to look kind of sexy and a bit annoyed.
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People think being famous is so glamorous, but half the time you're in a strange hotel room living out of a suitcase.
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I dyed my hair pink when I was fifteen.
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I've been noticing gravity since I was very young.
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I try not to eat too many raw vegetables. I only have one raw meal a day. At night I eat warm, cooked foods. I like to drink lots of tea, but no coffee. Not drinking coffee has changed my game for the better.
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I will concede to you one thing - 'Hustler' is offensive, even to the point of being iconoclastic. That's our purpose - to be offensive.
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In my seaside town, there is a plethora of benches, each one bearing a little brass plate commemorating a deceased occupant. You sit with ghosts.
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The way to resumption is to resume.
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We must restrict the anonymity behind which people hide to commit crimes. As citizens, we have a right to privacy. We have no such right to anonymity.
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Religion is a matter of the heart. No physical inconvenience can warrant abandonment of one's own religion.
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Well - I was brought up as a Southern Baptist.
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Technologists come at a problem from the point of view that the system is working a certain way, and if I engage in that system and actually change the rules of the system, I can make it work a different way.
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A gold standard doesn't imply stability in the prices of the goods and services that people buy every day, it implies a stability in the price of gold itself.
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If we go back in the history of different nations, violence and the use of force are part of their heritage. These are the traditions of mankind.
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I have never had anything done to my face because then you end up looking as they all do in America. Look at Judi Dench: she would never be as good if she had had work done.
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There is power in naming racism for what it is, in shining a bright light on it, brighter than any torch or flashlight. A thing as simple as naming it allows us to root it out of the darkness and hushed conversation where it likes to breed like roaches. It makes us acknowledge it. Confront it.
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Power, privilege, and violence are not, and never were, strictly Southern issues in America.
