Michael Eric Dyson Quotes
I don't believe in that kind of American John Wayne individualism where people pull themselves up by their bootstraps. Someone changed your diapers. And if that's the case, you ain't self-made.
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Playing the good guy is tough because you know as well as I do, in real life, you have to watch your P's and Q's and conduct yourself in a respectable manner if you expect to have friends.
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Regardless of what the record is, what the score is, you always go out there and compete.
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My brothers and I love playing outside and climbing trees. We really love sports, too - I think football's probably my favorite.
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I have got to the point in my life when a lot of people I know have died or are dying, so I realise that somewhere outside the pearly gates is a queue, shuffling nearer and nearer to the celestial box office.
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Most mainstream male fiction is littered with heroines, and female characters are basically so great, you want to fall in love with them.
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Information of fundamental importance to the general problem of atomic structure has resulted from systematic studies of the cosmic radiation carried out by the Wilson cloud-chamber method.
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I did a few DJ gigs at empty clubs, sort of as a warm-up set before Flume was a thing. I did one when I got big enough, and I had five friends come down, and they were the only ones dancing. That was one of my earliest ones. I was super nervous.
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A lie to me is a dream that might come true.
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I thought art was dead rabbits hanging by their feet on a wall. I went to Italy and saw all the religious paintings, and they didn't move me all that much. Then someone invited me to see this van Gogh exhibit at the Rosenberg Gallery in San Francisco.
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If you pay your credit card off every month, get a rewards card. One that gives you airline miles or that will give you 1 percent cash back at least on every purchase.
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I kind of do think of myself as a superhero and just flying high, and doing these crazy flips.
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You think you know what love is - until you have a child and discover that unconditional mother love.
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He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder.
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Melody is king, and don't you ever forget it. Lyrics appear to be out front, but they're not; they're just an accompanying factor. If they're good, you're really in good shape. Lyrics are written to be rewritten.
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Creative freedom is a huge carrot.
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I do not believe they've run out of surprises.
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I've led this empty life for over forty years and now I can pass that heritage on and ensure that the misery will continue for at least one more generation.
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Baseball is 90 percent mental and the other half is physical.
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“Remember to Breathe!”
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Recruiting is the hardest part of any business, but in charity, it is 10 times harder.
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I'm really into basketball, baseball, football and working out - but you'll never catch me in a public sauna.
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I just make up lyrics off the top of my head. A lot of times, there's a phrase I really like, and I kind of build the song around that.
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We should all believe in something, and I believe it's time for another shot of tequila.
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I don't believe in that kind of American John Wayne individualism where people pull themselves up by their bootstraps. Someone changed your diapers. And if that's the case, you ain't self-made.
