Michael Eric Dyson Quotes
The language of faith is crucial because it affords human beings the privilege of intimacy with the ultimate.
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We may stumble and fall but shall rise again; it should be enough if we did not run away from the battle.
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I never wanted to give up my given name. I'm proud of it, but the only problem was that no one remembered it. It was just a little too awkward, and they mispronounced it so frequently.
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You've got to really be able to accept the rejection.
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Wise is he who enjoys the show offered by the world.
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I realized after writing songs for years how important it is. Whether it provides a living for me or not, that creative outlet is something I need.
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Everyone has a temper. A temper is an emotion.
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Risk analysis can cater to any sort of hazard, but their profession owes its existence to a relatively narrow band of possible dangers.
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He owned a service station, and I used to go there and piddle around - pump some gas, get in the way.
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Why does 'writer' have no gender, but 'actor' has a gender? What is that?
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As the country now turns a new leaf, our ambition is to give hope to each and every Afghan.
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The ending is really the most important part of the movie. If the first hour and 20 minutes is terrific and the last ten minutes stinks, everybody walks out of the theatre and says: 'That was a lousy movie!'
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One is actually the democracy here, you know, people are, people assume that this election means that there is democracy in Pakistan. There is no democracy.
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I hate downtime.
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For each project I do, I try to surprise myself, do the unexpected, and change my own status quo. From the One Laptop Per Child, the Herman Miller Sayl, or the latest Movado watch collection, there is always an insecurity about being able to do something important. I think each of those projects makes me feel like we have progressed.
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The BBC provides the commentary on our lives, the soundtrack of the nation. It is one of the most powerful unifying forces in the United Kingdom today.
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In high school, we used to sign to each other during the game, signaling different plays and stuff like that. It was kind of fun. It was definitely unique.
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Anorexia and bulimia seem to be getting much more common in boys, men, and women of all ages and socioeconomic backgrounds; they are also becoming more common in racial groups previously thought to be impervious to the problem.
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If you don't know about the 'black male code,' you should. It's something black boys learn early, even before adolescence. It goes, in part, like this: Even though you're not a criminal, some people assume you are, especially if you're wearing certain clothes. Never argue with the police, but protect your dignity and take pride in humility.
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I didn't want to do a throwaway, mindless movie with fart jokes just to make 6-year-olds laugh. I want to provide my children with some substance.
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The imagination is a pretty precious source of protection.
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Language is the most extraordinary invention in the history of humanity, the one which came before everything and which makes it possible to share everything.
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All the Chinese have to do is fly around the Moon and back, and they'll appear to have won the return to the Moon with humans. They could put one person on the surface of the Moon for one day and he'd be a national hero.
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The heart has its own language. The heart knows a hundred thousand ways to speak.
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The language of faith is crucial because it affords human beings the privilege of intimacy with the ultimate.
