Winston Foster (Yellowman) Quotes
Gay people are nice people. Just like any other people. And gay people love reggae music. Yeah. And gay people love Jamaica.
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Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
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I love the immediacy of an audience being there and reacting. I'm spoiled, having grown up in theater.
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I think good radio often uses the techniques of fiction: characters, scenes, a big urgent emotional question. And as in the best fiction, tone counts for a lot.
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I am not an enemy of the Negro. We want him here among us; he is the only laboring class we have.
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When you are at the bottom, you find beauty in such little things, and goodness in such little gestures. When I compare any struggle today to ones that I may have had in my childhood, there is nothing that can bring me down.
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In fact, the socialization gives us the tools to fill our evolutionary roles. They are our building blocks.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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Fortunately, the music from the first record really connected with people, and I was really proud of that.
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If you're a novelist, as I am in real life, you're usually so desperate for any kind of feedback.
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I've always been about how will digital be transforming established businesses, and that's what I've done.
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In this business, it's important to constantly do things that you don't know how to do. I love touring and making records, but I've learned how to do that, so sometimes you just have to dive in and try it.
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Democracy presumes that we're all created equal; competition proves we are not, or else every race would end in a tie.
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I'm vain enough to think that I've made a successful life. I've had everything I've ever wanted. You can't beat that.
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What works for a man, still does not work for a woman - both in terms of how they see themselves and how we see them.
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Flip through the channels, and there is no denying it: The world of cable news - and their network chat-show brethren - is very, very white.
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I think the tone of the show has certainly changed over the years, because it's really, really hard to do something different when you have a show going on as long as this has.
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I'm used to being part of 'Game of Thrones' and going into something where you're a small part of something else. You don't want to hold anything up because they've got such a well-oiled machine going.
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I mean, the problem is, I think I'm a great writer.
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I was tough on myself because I feared being a lazy procrastinator and the inevitable result: being mediocre or second best. I always went the extra mile.
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I want to make Seoul the front line of the new South Korea. Seoul is sleeping, and I want to wake it up.
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In modern politics, polls often serve as the canary in the mine - an early warning signal of danger or trends. But polls can also be used to wag the dog - diverting attention from something significant.
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Encouragement to all women is - let us try to offer help before we have to offer therapy. That is to say, let's see if we can't prevent being ill by trying to offer a love of prevention before illness.
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I translated an Emile Zola book, 'The Belly of Paris,' because I didn't find an existing translation that captured his sense of humor. Humor is the first victim of translation.
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Gay people are nice people. Just like any other people. And gay people love reggae music. Yeah. And gay people love Jamaica.
