Haile Gerima Quotes
If you never did anything for your own freedom, you're not worth a human being in my view.
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Humor disarms people. It opens them up to starting a dialogue about things they wouldn't normally talk about. I don't understand how people who don't have a sense of humor get through life.
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The American tradition of Washington and Hamilton and Madison and Lincoln and TR and Pat Buchanan is of economic nationalism - making America an independent, self-sufficient, sovereign forever country that's able to stand on its own feet.
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I write 'Broad City,' so I connect it to me.
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I'm a decent tennis player. Good backhand.
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'Dangerous' is an album that I was very dedicated to. I wanted every song to be a hit.
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Everybody has to agree that the best thing we can do to start reducing the deficit in this country is to put people back to work.
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Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
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Open-minded tech tinkerers may still prefer traditional PCs for work because they allow much more customization than, say, an iPad.
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I try to work out with my personal trainer for an hour, four times a week - we mainly concentrate on weights and running. If I'm on the road I sometimes do DVD work-outs in my hotel room - P90X and Insanity are a couple of my favourites.
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A core part of Teach For America's mission has always been affecting positive change in the traditional public school system.
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If you want to read and you want to draw, that helps you to express yourself.
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When I was immobilized by fear, I might have a panic attack. I've had a couple of panic attacks in my life.
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In 1965, when great young white artists in the English-speaking world were successfully re-channeling hillbilly and black music - you know Bob Dylan, Ray Davies, Pete Townsend, Keith Richards - they didn't get any money at first. They were all broke.
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I'm writing from a place of - a center of authenticity, somewhere that only I know how to write from.
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I was not really as good as I should have been.
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Women's Lib? I couldn't stand it.
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I really haven't liked the commercialization of mountaineering, particularly of Mt. Everest. By paying $65,000, you can be conducted to the summit by a couple of good guides.
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I love radio - its immediacy and especially its intimacy... it is part of your life, whispering into your ear. You can't see it, but equally importantly it can't see you.
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Everybody likes to listen to a song because it's fun, and nobody wants to sit around and listen to 'I-really-have-to-analyze-these-lyrics' songs all the time.
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Another Visitor: How did you manage, Monsieur Degas, when you painted that plein air called 'Le Plage', the one Monsieur Rouart has? Degas: It was quite simple. I spread my flannel vest on the floor of the studio, and had the model sit on it. You see, the air you breathe in a picture is not necessarily the same as the air out of doors.
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We just got whipped from the beginning of the game to the end. They were making shots, they executed well both offensively and defensively. They just played real well tonight.
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When I get ready to explain homemade fascism in America, I can take my example from the state capitol of Texas.
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If you never did anything for your own freedom, you're not worth a human being in my view.
