Michael Eric Dyson Quotes
We need all the newfangled web-based Internet spread, you know, social media that can catalyze, you know, some serious consciousness about what's going on. But we also need people on the streets pounding the pavement to make a significant and dramatic appearance to suggest that what's going on here is unacceptable.
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On a large scale, people aren't going to cut back how much they use. That's a pipe dream. If anything, as the developing world gets richer, the world's going to consume more - more cars, bigger homes, more energy, more water, more food.
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I was 21 in 1968, so I'm as much a child of the '60s as is possible to be. In those years the subject of religion had really almost disappeared; the idea that religion was going to be a major force in the life of our societies, in the West anyway, would have seemed absurd in 1968.
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Appreciate everything your associates do for the business.
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I did some martial arts training for 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,' since the character was an assassin.
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I don't think about whether it's gonna be a dance record or a ballad or anything when I'm making music. I sit in the studio and I think, 'How am I feeling today?' and I write how I feel. It's really, really simple.
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The idea was never for me to be a career bureaucrat or career technocrat; it was more about where I could implement ideas and reform programs.
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The market for local advertising is in the billions.
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On 11 September, I was living in Greenwich Village, New York; my children learned to tell south from north by looking at the World Trade Center.
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The greatest danger of bombs is in the explosion of stupidity that they provoke.
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The man who has ceased to fear has ceased to care.
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The great thing about having a pool in L.A. is that I can use it year-round. And since I've always been an athlete, staying fit is very important.
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I think women today are really struggling with these dual roles: How do you have a full-time career and be ambitious and still take care of your family?
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The 800-pound gorillas of TV news are gone. When I was the White House correspondent at NBC, and Tom Brokaw was anchor, the reporters were protected.
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Let us not be carried away by the undisguised agitations of leaders who virtually asked people to take the law into their own hands.
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The psychological trauma of losing a job can be as great as the trauma of a divorce.
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I like to keep a bottle of stimulant handy in case I see a snake, which I also keep handy.
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If I got $300 million from the California Lottery, the first thing I would do is buy the rights to 'Firefly', make it on my own, and distribute it on the Internet.
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We don't have a lot more time to deal with climate change, ... We need the right balance between regulation and market-based approaches.
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I think it is not necessary at this time to put forth a grand vision such as an East Asian Community. What we must do before that is create scenarios for Japan's response in case of a serious territorial incident.
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I repent daily my sins, my faults, and my shortcomings.
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I never questioned where I am, because I know that where I am is where I’m supposed to be.
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How do Ferrari know what I'm doing next year when I don't know what I'm doing next week?
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We need all the newfangled web-based Internet spread, you know, social media that can catalyze, you know, some serious consciousness about what's going on. But we also need people on the streets pounding the pavement to make a significant and dramatic appearance to suggest that what's going on here is unacceptable.
