Michael Eric Dyson Quotes
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Today's average American is more apt to rebel against a tennis shoe not coming in the right color than against the slow erosion of our democratic freedom.
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Affection is the broadest basis of a good life.
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Do you not think that sometimes when matters are at the worst with us, when we appear to have done all which we ourselves can do, yet all has been unavailing, and we have only shown we cannot, not we will not, help ourselves; that often just then something comes, almost as if supernaturally, to settle for us, as if our guardian angel took pity on our perplexities, and then at last obtained leave to help us? And if it be so, then what might only be a coincidence becomes a call of Providence, a voice from Heaven, a command.
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You cannot have a positive life and a negative mind.
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You just have to have the right gear and a few people to put you in motion with a good aesthetic and the film will take care of itself.
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That's what I strive for every time I'm in the studio, to make sure that y'all love it and that I'm not giving y'all something I'm expecting you to buy. I want y'all to want to buy it and want to hear it again. If you like it, go get it, if you don't, throw it out.
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I hope and dream the time will come when serious artists will make marvelous pictures that will love and live in life-like manner and be far more interesting and wonderful than pictures you now see on canvas. I think if Michelangelo was alive today he would immediately see the wonders...The artist can make his scenes and characters live instead of stand still on canvas in art museums.
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Concentrated serum albumin fractionated from blood plasma was effective in battlefield treatment of shock.
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Life is full of miracles, but they're not always the ones we pray for.
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Somehow, as a writer, you tend to use words to paper over structural cracks.
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My books are about ordinary people placed in extraordinary situations who are able to draw upon their inner reserves to challenge the status-quo in life and navigate compelling human relationships.
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I hate videos. I'm meticulous on everything from cover art, fonts, productions, mixing. But when it comes to videos, I just feel so defeated.
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I've never managed anywhere, I've managed to stay alive for 63 and a half years baby.
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In many lines of wok, it isn't how much you do that counts, but how much you do well and how often you decide right.
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Christian life isn’t a one-person race. It’s a relay. You are not alone; you’re part of a team assembled by our unstoppable God to achieve his eternal purposes.
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The unnamed should not be mistaken for the nonexistent.
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If you cannot convince a Fascist, acquaint his head with the pavement.
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You cannot sell a man who isn't listening; word of mouth is the best medium of all; and dullness won't sell your product, but neither will irrelevant brilliance.
