Michael Eric Dyson Quotes
I grew up in the church and began to recite set pieces at the age of four and five, like many of the other kids.
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Reducing carbon emissions is important, but it is shortsighted if not coupled with reducing the toxic emissions from our heart; and that is something spiritual leaders are supposed to teach and something all thinking people, regardless of their beliefs, should practice.
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The people of South Africa are ready to stand up to the oppressions of the Pretoria regime, and they are ready to fight back.
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I don't know how people recognize me.
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I know you can be up one minute and drop the next, so I'm trying to maintain a steady course so I can have some longevity.
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We tend to talk about death as if it is losing a battle, but that assumes living is winning and dying is not.
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The emperor is in the Church, not above the Church.
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I have the idea that anyone who has ever heard my name has the distinct impression that I was put under the sod years ago just before they buried Lillian Russell.
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I have Chinese blood in me... I am not ashamed to admit that perhaps the great leaders of our country all have Chinese blood.
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Enjoy every sandwich.
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The addition of nuts in salad... I always find to be beneficial.
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For me to be as effective as possible, I intend to sharpen those skills I need to successfully lead an organization that is growing in size and complexity with each passing year.
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We humans have millions of years of evolutionary baggage that makes us regard competition in a deadly light.
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I grew up Catholic, so the more non-denominational Christian experience was a new experience for me.
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Love comes in far more shapes and sizes than what the family-values crowd condones, of course.
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'Oh and Oh' is a tennis term... It's a nice way of saying you took your opponent to pieces.
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I'm glad I've never been so successful that I couldn't stop doing one thing. I've kind of been able to just kick it along and switch around.
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I love it when people say things to me in public and want to meet me, because I want to meet them! Early on, my manager told me, 'If you want to sell 500,000 records, then go out there and meet 500,000 people.'
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Ever since I was 10 years old doing jiu-jitsu, I've done well against the tall guys.
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Ambition is sneered at by some bands. It seems like a pretty good thing to me.
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In college, the guys aren't worrying about whether they'll be able to pursue their career dreams and still have kids.
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Thank God for both our grandmothers, the Hollands' grandmother was very seminal, and mine was the head of the choir at my church, ... I had to be at church on Thursday, Saturday and Sundays rehearsing. I couldn't do anything else until I got that business taken care of.
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Housing Works is the coolest thrift store in the world, because not only are they the best thrift store - they're not the most thrifty thrift store - but they have amazing stuff and all of their proceeds go directly to kids, mostly homeless kids, living with AIDS and HIV in New York, in the metropolitan area.
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I quit drinking every night, at 1:30 A.M.
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I grew up in the church and began to recite set pieces at the age of four and five, like many of the other kids.
