Michael Eric Dyson Quotes
I had an exciting, interesting childhood, to be sure, with all of the challenges that ghetto life provides - but had loving parents.
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I want my son to become aware that he is in charge of the choices he makes, and it's good to make thoughtful, good choices.
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All of us are trying to achieve 100 percent in our work. That's all we struggle to do. We never do, but we never stop trying until the day we die. It's that struggle to achieve 100 percent, that's where our performance lies, that's what the audience gets. They get the struggle.
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Each generation of scientists stands upon the shoulders of those who have gone before.
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I loved to read and to write, but then something happened. As I made my way through school, I kept getting handed books to read that didn't excite me and didn't even remotely connect to the realities of my life.
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Saddam Hussein has been engaged in the development of weapons of mass destruction technology which is a threat to countries in the region and he has made a mockery of the weapons inspection process.
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In politics stupidity is not a handicap.
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My dad is often horrified by what I've spent my money on.
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All of a sudden to get all of this attention, and to be away from home and working all the time was hard. I was on planes all the time. I didn't see my friends. I cried a lot. It was quite terrifying.
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The game is the ultimate significance to me because it is so important to a lot of people. It has left a mark on our culture to be voted as one of the best to ever play.
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There is a fantasy as old as the modern gay rights movement that if all our skins turned lavender overnight, the majority, confounded by our numbers and our diversity, and recognising a few of our faces, would at once let go of prejudice forevermore.
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It makes sense that there is no sense without God.
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I used to work in a record store. I'm kind of a record nerd.
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The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy life, or better to endure it.
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Time to be the sun and send forth flesh to heal the bones of time.
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Such evidence is not the only kind which produces belief; though positivism maintains that it is the only kind which ought to produce so high a degree of confidence as all minds have or can be made to have through their agreements.
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When I'm offered a role, I look at what I think I can do with it. I look to see if I can project myself into it.
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The Singaporean government, which represents legal migrant workers in employment disputes and claims of exploitation, requires that they stay in the country until the disputes are settled. If they leave, their claims are closed.
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I have cotton or flannel sheets, depending on the weather. They have to be ironed, and I get my bed changed nearly every day.
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If you haven't already told your kids 'don't fellate the president' then you're probably a bad parent.
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People always say that Randy Moss can't stick to the rules. Even my own rules.
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We are like a traveling circus, our family! We sing, we dance, we do football, we do fashion.
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I don't feel the need to have to break out of anything or prove that I'm 'edgy.' Been there, done that mentality. I'm just ready to tackle on new projects that are challenging and help me continue to grow as an artist.
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By accepting God's love for us, we fall in love with Him, and only then do we have the fuel we need to obey.
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I had an exciting, interesting childhood, to be sure, with all of the challenges that ghetto life provides - but had loving parents.
