Haile Gerima Quotes
The system knows how to cherry pick black people. It's like affirmative action - once a year, one is recognized. But what has to occur is self-emergence so if they ignore you, you don't have to disappear.
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When I have people around, I'm a chatterbox. But when I'm alone, I never speak. I don't talk to myself; it's just not my schtick.
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By adopting a wonderful mutt, you'll save a life and help reduce animal homelessness while also boosting your chances of a more robust new furry friend, as mixed-breed dogs have demonstrated better health and longer life spans than their purebred cousins.
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I believe God knew what he was doing when he put oil under our ground. It should be a means to an end.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
Any effort to create a second class of Americans, I just can't swallow that.
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I think if you come first with a new world record, that is the best.
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The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that the human race has been roughly handled, but that it has advanced.
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I think what it really is, is that I date creative people. And I think that what intimidates them is not my purse; it's my mind.
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We are the recipients of scientific method. We can each be a creative and active part of it if we so desire.
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A people's literature is the great textbook for real knowledge of them. The writings of the day show the quality of the people as no historical reconstruction can.
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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A consensus means that everyone agrees to say collectively what no one believes individually.
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People accuse artists of being narcissists - of course we are! If we don't like ourselves, who's going to like us?
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When I was a kid, I wanted desperately to be a jazz musician. I would practice the trumpet for hours, but when I got braces, that messed up my ability to play, so all of a sudden I had all this free time.
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Every sale has five basic obstacles: no need, no money, no hurry, no desire, no trust.
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I would say that I quite consciously rely on my obsessions in all my work, that I deliberately set up an obsessional frame of mind. In a paradoxical way, this leaves one free of the subject of the obsession.
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I can't cook to save my life.
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We look for people who demonstrate perseverance in the face of challenges, the ability to influence and motivate others - people who want to work relentlessly to ensure that kids who are facing the challenges of poverty have an excellent education.
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To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men.
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Then you figure out that if you don't throw it as hard as you can, you can put it where you want. It's more important where you put it.
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For me, it's important to keep a level of anonymity.
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It takes local pastors to say, 'we're not going to take it. Be strong.
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I am tired of women playing action heroes like men, because they are not men. But sometimes they are written like men.
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I make a composition with a white and a black, and make adjustments when the white has become a paper and the black a shadow.
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The system knows how to cherry pick black people. It's like affirmative action - once a year, one is recognized. But what has to occur is self-emergence so if they ignore you, you don't have to disappear.
