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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Being gay myself, I'm naturally drawn to the interactions between men rather than men and women.
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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 looks like it's been furnished by discount stores.
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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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Karou saw them with her human eyes, this army she had rendered more monstrous than ever nature had, and she knew what the world would see in them if they flew to fight the Dominion: demons, nightmares, evil. The sight of the seraphim would be heralded as a miracle. But chimaera? The apocalypse.
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I feel like I always have to have a song on my album that people can use in their weddings.
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Writing the songs at the cabin, I couldn't help but be drawn to the boom-chicka rhythms as much as I tried to fight it. But when I fought it, the creative process was interrupted, so I ended up going with it. If I'm ever accused of being derivative of my heroes then I would take that as a compliment. I like staying close to the roots of my influences.
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Doors open to you every time you get a different role. So, yeah, the research is my passion; that's why I keep doing it.
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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.
