Michael Eric Dyson Quotes
I believe in a God of a second chance and a God of love and mercy, because I need so much more of it myself.
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I don't think many people consider in their heart that they have two places that are home.
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When we direct our thoughts properly, we can control our emotions.
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Analysis I take to be a scientific procedure. What I do is creative. It doesn't spring from the same part of the mind.
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There is nothing you can do to assuage your conscience when you commit sins. Crime is a spiritual assault on the soul.
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In the Great Depression, you bought something if you had the cash to buy it.
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Nobody likes a child to die or losing an election.
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Common wisdom dictates that the vice president should provide balance to the ticket by representing a different part of the country, another set of experiences, or a basketful of electoral votes.
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I left Beijing in 1987, shortly before my books were banned there, but have returned continually.
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You get an audience to laugh and then show them something horrific, it's going to be even more horrific because they've had the release of the laugh before it.
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If you've got a plot the size of a car or a tiny yard in Italy, you're going to be growing tomatoes and basil and celery and carrots, and everybody is still connected to the land.
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My dad has always been really helpful. He taught me that talent is a bonus, but persistence is what wins out.
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Our plans for 'Superman?' I can't say. This is the most super secret thing ever. It's like working for the government, like I'm on a covert mission.
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Writers who have nothing to say always strain for metaphors to say it in.
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The devil will let a preacher prepare a sermon if it will keep him from preparing himself.
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Building a home for neglected senior citizens is my long time dream.
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Behind every successful man you'll find a woman who has nothing to wear.
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It is a fair summary of history to say that the safeguards of liberty have been forged in controversies involving not very nice people.
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Liturgy, in truth, is an event by means of which we let ourselves be introduced into the expansive faith and prayer of the Church. This is the reason why the early Christians prayed facing east, in the direction of the rising sun, the symbol of the returning Christ.
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It's not just what you say that stirs people. It's the way that you say it.
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And we will accept the creation of the Iberian Federation of a socialist republic which will give each region the right to construct its life in accordance with its economic possibilities and political preponderance.
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Maybe I am naive about certain things. But I'm glad. I know all I want to know.
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I like to use my hands. When I was in theatre in college, that was one of my biggest notes: You use your hands too much.
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We need not hesitate to admit that the Sun is richly stored with inhabitants.
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I believe in a God of a second chance and a God of love and mercy, because I need so much more of it myself.
