Strom Thurmond (James Strom Thurmond Sr.) Quotes
All the bayonets of the Army cannot force the Negro into our homes, into our schools, our churches and our places of recreation and amusement.
Quotes to Explore
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It lies in human nature that where you experience your first laughs, you also remember the age kindly.
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I like to find the beauty in the ugly. When I'm in a thrift store, I gravitate toward pieces I know I'll wear a ton, and insane pieces that I'm sure most people would consider gross. But I find them inspiring. Our van is currently stocked with some of my random findings from this tour. Maybe I'll call my aesthetic 'van fashion.'
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In any human-rights campaign, everybody must do what they can.
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I have very much been a guy who's acknowledged how many women have directed me, have produced... it's been unbelievable.
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It was horrifying. You wouldn't believe how people are treated there. You could see that these people had withdrawn so far that they just lived in their own minds. They did terrible things to themselves.
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I started doing all kinds of weird stuff on the guitar, which became part of my playing. I started doing harmonics and tapping on the guitar and pulling off strings and doing all this weird stuff that no one had ever done before.
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Obstacles are necessary for success because in selling, as in all careers of importance, victory comes only after many struggles and countless defeats.
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Music is a fantastic peacekeeper of the world, it is integral to harmony, and it is a required fundamental of human emotion.
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I think in spring, we don't want to wear makeup, we don't want to wear a ton of clothes, we just want everything to be easier.
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Maybe I need to make a change, or maybe it's living here in New York or using social media or working in media and entertainment, but I feel like I'm constantly trying to maintain this sense of, 'Why do I do what I do?'
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And, by the way, one of the most delightful things I find in America is meeting a people without prejudice — everywhere open to the truth.
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When in doubt, throw doubt out and have a little faith.
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If I care to listen to every criticism, let alone act on them, then this shop may as well be closed for all other businesses. I have learned to do my best, and if the end result is good then I do not care for any criticism, but if the end result is not good, then even the praise of ten angels would not make the difference.
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There is no part of government which cannot better suffer derangement than the ballot. If you strike the ballot with disease, it is heart disease.
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It's easy to lose your soul in high school.
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Danger gleams like sunshine to a brave man's eyes.
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We had a demo recorded that we made available on our MySpace site, and that was quite successful for us too, but not on the same level as 'Beautiful Tragedy.'
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Humility is a strange flower; it grows best in winter weather, and under storms of affliction.
