Sarah Breedlove (Madam C. J. Walker) Quotes
I want the great masses of my people to take a greater pride in their personal appearance and to give their hair proper attention.
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In my opinion, all relationships between people have some sort of violence, and it is central.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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I could go out to five parties a day if I wanted to. I don't. I have attachments to my wife and kids - and about 20 pieces of art.
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'The Omen,' 'The Exorcist,' those movies for me are the quintessential horror movies that still scare me as an adult.
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Every year on your birthday, you get a chance to start new.
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Life only demands from you the strength that you possess. Only one feat is possible; not to run away.
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If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.
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Space excites me. My dream is to go to space.
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I'm obsessive. That's the word for me. I obsess – perhaps to the point where it's moderately dysfunctional. I tend to put a book through about 100 revisions. If anything, that's an understatement. If there's another author out there who does this sort of revision, I would really like to meet him. Maybe we could form some sort of support group.
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Watching game film motivates me a lot. It shows me what I need to work on and determines the specific workouts I do.
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Hollywood so often likes to make movies that are just about itself. I felt there were a lot of stories that were yet to be told in the middle of the country, and I wanted to capture some of that beauty.
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I think it's a fundamental responsibility of the federal government to enforce our nation's borders.
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The Recovery plan will put money in the pockets of the American worker, create and save millions of new jobs and invest in crucial areas such as health care, education, energy independence and a new infrastructure.
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The same thing which is now called Christian religion existed among the ancients. They have begun to call 'Christian' the true religion which existed before.
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When you start to see another human being as less than you, it's a danger.
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I came down successfully through Picasso and Braque, down through Pollock, I guess, but I began to stop at Franz Kline and the Abstractionists. I like their design, brilliant design, marvelous color layers. But I don't find any human content there. I'm from an old school, and painting has to have human content for me.
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I always would dream of making music videos. Whenever I make music, I always have a visual in my mind. I always see things.
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Think like a queen. A queen is not afraid to fail. Failure is another steppingstone to greatness.
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We choose hope over fear. We see the future not as something out of our control, but as something we can shape for the better through concerted and collective effort. We reject fatalism or cynicism when it comes to human affairs. We choose to work for the world as it should be, as our children deserve it to be.
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When movies first came out, maybe they were in black and white and there wasn't any sound and people were saying the theater is still the place to be. But now movies and theater have found their own place in the world. They are each legitimate art forms.
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I want to inspire people to do whatever they desire in life.
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I know what it takes to put a record together, so I'm not looking for people to come in and shape it.
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I want the great masses of my people to take a greater pride in their personal appearance and to give their hair proper attention.
