Michael Eric Dyson Quotes
There are things that you can do on an individual level, even as you continue to fight oppression systemically, that make things a little bit better for an identifiable group.
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Gandhi's ideas were rooted in a wide experience of a freshly globalized world.
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I'm so bad at baseball, I can't even hit now.
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We have accepted the principle of democracy and we are committed to respect the popular verdict and the result of that national consultation.
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The fact is that surveys which media people openly admit to show that fewer than twelve percent of their customers believe they're doing a good job, while the average profit margin in television is in the neighborhood of eighty percent.
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Sweet is the memory of distant friends! Like the mellow rays of the departing sun, it falls tenderly, yet sadly, on the heart.
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The other aspect of American identity worth focusing on is the concept of America as a nation of immigrants. That certainly is a partial truth. But it is often assumed to be the total truth.
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Dead men tell no tales.
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I had to be reminded that the guitar is infinite. It never stops teaching you, it never stops being difficult; there's an unlimited amount of things to learn, and you'll never master it.
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My job is not to represent Washington to you, but to represent you to Washington.
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It was one thing to contain the Soviet Union in Europe because Britain, France, and Germany were all willing to join in. But will Japan and other Asian countries be willing to join in the containment of China?
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I'm very much tied to the state of Israel, but I am against their policy of settlements in Palestine.
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I love the Kathryn Bigelow example: she didn't just do war movies - she did them better than other directors.
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Everyone watches everyone pitch. If they're doing good, you're trying to take something out of them. I've taken something from probably every average to above-average pitcher I've ever played with - what they do. You see what they do and how you can put that into your game.
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Any real record person knows that the number one most powerful marketing tool when it comes to music is repetition.
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In November, 1964 when I was a patient at the Mayo Clinic I though seriously about killing myself.
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I believe in term limits. I believe the country would be hugely better off if we had more turnover in Congress.
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I turned to historical films because they pass censors more easily.
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Young people, take heart: the older you get, the fewer commandments you will have the strength to break.
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Incumbent Congresswoman Bustos has proven during her time in Washington that she doesn't understand or feel the pain of middle class families. We need a true representative fighting for us in Washington, and incumbent Congresswoman Cheri Bustos has refused to act.
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Ceaseless optimism about the future only makes for a greater shock when things go wrong; by fighting to maintain only positive beliefs about the future, the positive thinker ends up being less prepared, and more acutely distressed, when things eventually happen that he can't persuade himself to believe are good.
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Sometimes the wheel turns slowly, but it turns.
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Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.
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There are things that you can do on an individual level, even as you continue to fight oppression systemically, that make things a little bit better for an identifiable group.
