T. Coleman du Pont Quotes
The right type of [leader] is democratic. He must not consider himself a superior sort of personage. He must actually feel democratic; it is not enough that he try to pose as democratic-he must be democratic, otherwise the veneer, the sheen, would wear off, for you can't fool a body of intelligent American workingmen for very long. He must ring true.
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The art of creation is older than the art of killing.
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You can take things that Jimi Hendrix took, from Curtis Mayfield or from Buddy Guy for example, because we are all children of everything, even Picasso. But if you want to stand out, you have to learn to crystallize your existence and create your own fingerprints.
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A lot of my work involves instilling objects with the power of touch - a transference of soul, spirit, energy through actions.
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I style my roles mostly with some help from my team of stylists.
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I feel at home in a lot of places, but I am truly an African-American.
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God made a mistake with me. I'm actually black, trapped in a white body.
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I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
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Sometimes I'm happy - you can tell via Twitter. Sometimes I'm pissed off - you can tell via Twitter. I just think, at the end of the day, I don't want them to see me as a celebrity; I just want them to see me and say, 'He's like a regular person at his job right now who's mad.'
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For everybody that does something bad there's gotta be someone that does something good.
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My first audition was for a commercial for the lottery. I didn't get it, so I hate the lottery.
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I have been known to hang out and party back in the day. I had a weekend that lasted a few years.
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Give a talk to children and tell them dinosaurs didn't drag their tails, and you get arguments.
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The vegetable life does not content itself with casting from the flower or the tree a single seed, but it fills the air and earth with a prodigality of seeds, that, if thousands perish, thousands may plant themselves, that hundreds may come up, that tens may live to maturity; that, at least one may replace the parent.
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I will only say that many freedom fighters of India found their calling in the institutions of Britain. And many makers of modern India, including several of my distinguished predecessors, from Jawaharlal Nehru to Dr. Manmohan Singh, passed through their doors.
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I think before 1997 is over, NATO will have taken giant strides in what's called adaptation, the discussions about bringing the French fully into the NATO forces.
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It is better to entertain an idea than to take it home to live with you for the rest of your life.
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'Baahubali's success augurs well for the Telugu film industry as a whole. It has opened up new markets.
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You change the world by being yourself.
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In that moment Ged understood the singing of the bird, and the language of the water falling in the basin of the fountain, and the shape of the clouds, and the beginning and end of the wind that stirred the leaves; it seemed to him that he himself was a word spoken by the sunlight.
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Then you must look for a new body. That's what we call reincarnation.
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I've been accused of having very long ingredient lists, and I guess there's some truth in that.
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I carry around this little lion named Leo, which I've had for as long as I can remember.
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The right type of [leader] is democratic. He must not consider himself a superior sort of personage. He must actually feel democratic; it is not enough that he try to pose as democratic-he must be democratic, otherwise the veneer, the sheen, would wear off, for you can't fool a body of intelligent American workingmen for very long. He must ring true.
