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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If and when I do get "down," the last thing on my mind is writing a song. Usually, being bummed just involves lying around on the couch and taking the bad weather personally. I only write songs when I feel good - or at least something approaching "good."
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A lot of Americans have some view of the Constitution as just this thing that was handed down [intact]. But it really was the result of months and months of wrangling and disputation and ultimately compromise. That's where the brilliance of the American system is -- it's always been built on compromise.
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If there's time for an emergency, why isn't there time for brilliance, generosity or learning?
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The way you think either stands in your way or assists you in achieving your goals.
