Sarah Breedlove (Madam C. J. Walker) Quotes
I want you to understand that your first duty is to humanity. I want others to look at us and see that we care not just about ourselves but about others.
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In America, as opposed to the old country, success was based on merit.
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I tell people in Chicago to take care of themselves.
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I now announce myself as candidate for the Presidency. I anticipate criticism; but however unfavorable I trust that my sincerity will not be called into question.
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I was mostly an indoor girl at university. Where other students did drama or music or sport alongside their degrees, I wrote. I used to work on essays and classwork during the day and 'The Bone Season' in the evenings.
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I only feel sorry for weak people. And mostly what I've come to find is that the weak people are the ones that are the haters.
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In a city, it's very hard to do a restaurant, an avant-garde-cuisine restaurant, where each year you need to change the whole menu.
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The day I make movies that Rupert Murdoch likes and admires is the day I'll throw in the towel, because he's got no taste.
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Learning to read the Bible in the light of the times in which it was written is critical. Reading it uncritically, without understanding the cultural and historical setting of the text, leaves us forced to accept scientific and sociological norms of the ancient Near East from 3,000 years ago.
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It is said that the effect of eating too much lettuce is 'soporific'.
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Almost all of us growing up have played baseball on some level. It has an inside track with people. It has a unifying effect.
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By taking the time to stop and appreciate who you are and what you've achieved - and perhaps learned through a few mistakes, stumbles and losses - you actually can enhance everything about you. Self-acknowledgment and appreciation are what give you the insights and awareness to move forward toward higher goals and accomplishments.
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According to Islamic principles, when a man is accused of heresy, he is given the choice between repentance and punishment.
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Power to the peaceful.
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Time engraves our faces with all the tears we have not shed.
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I've learned to wait 'til an idea is worth making. That's not really a lesson I've learned; I sort of always did it that way. But there's no reason or need to make videos prior to when you make a show, because then you need material for it.
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I'm not a fan of being inauthentic.
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He shall come down like rain upon the mown grass.
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With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.
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I sort of leave the character at the end of the day. I don't carry anything around with me - no excess baggage or unnecessary thoughts. I think it's too exhausting to do that. To put things into perspective - your work is your work, and your leisure time is something else.
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In the past, a writer had to go outside and get to know others before learning about their work, but the Internet has made humanity more accessible for misanthropes like me. I read blogs, tweets, Facebook posts and Reddit threads where people detail their jobs.
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Redirecting sunlight on the earth to the moon gives you enough light so that all of humanity can see.
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Nothing compares to the Indianapolis 500.
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I want you to understand that your first duty is to humanity. I want others to look at us and see that we care not just about ourselves but about others.
