Michael Eric Dyson Quotes
I grew up on the West Side - the "near West Side," in Detroit, as they say - in what would be considered now the inner city.
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It is hard to look away from the swirl of media that the untimely and tragic death of Heath Ledger has engendered, and the Internet has jacked the frenzy into overdrive.
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I have a ship's bed, which totally plays to my obsession of, if I were not an actress, I would be a pirate.
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All I can say is, it's not very easy for a woman to be associated with The Beatles.
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A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
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Women have become stronger, and there's a backlash. Men have become terribly possessive. I find it much easier to get on with women.
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If a woman gets tough in negotiations, she's difficult, whereas a man would be considered a brilliant businessman.
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I've been racing for my whole life, and I know what I need to do to be able to win.
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I just say I'm an artist who works with pictures and words.
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The most important thing to me is that it's all really raw.
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I think that there's the self-imposed pressure to come up with something that's good. For guys like us, that's much more important than any external pressure could really be.
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I lucked out when I started to sing. I'd already experienced failing at everything else.
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I don't want to be just a straight pop singer. I'm a vocalist and that's what I want to be seen as in the long run.
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I figure lots of predictions is best. People will forget the ones I get wrong and marvel over the rest.
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You have to do your best to face every moment, because this moment will never come again. The moment that you are living right now is a very important opportunity to make your life vividly alive. If you want to live with spiritual security in the midst of constant change, you have to burn the flame of your life force in everything you do.
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If you like your healthcare plan, you'll be able to keep your healthcare plan, period. No one will take it away, no matter what.
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At the top of this list has to be "get in that ass". It's the ultimate Leonism to get you through life.
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Hip-hop definitely taught me a lot. Having to create your own identity and become known and respected in a male-dominated field - it requires some guts. There are times you have to be strong, and times when you have to stand alone for what you believe in.
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One of the things I strive for is realism. I need to be as real as possible in the dilemmas my characters face.
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I was keen on the idea of being famous. From as long as I can remember, I danced around the kitchen. I would dance around and sing and pretend that one day, somebody would break down from the big places and maybe wander over to our house to see if they could borrow our phone. They'd look in the window and see me prancing around and say, 'We found a star!' Beyond that, which is totally a kid dreaming, I was never under any belief that what we were doing was leading toward something. There was never any sort of formula.
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I've always recognised that I have influence, whether I like it or not, and that I can use it to do something good.
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I grew up on the West Side - the "near West Side," in Detroit, as they say - in what would be considered now the inner city.
