Michel Martelly Quotes
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I've been fortunate, I guess: I've gotten to play a lot of very diverse roles for quite a long time. But in the beginning, I was thinking, 'I'm not gonna do certain characters. I will be willing to say no and live on a couch.' And I was really happy.
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France has more need of me than I have need of France.
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A language presupposes that all the individual users possess the organs.
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We smoked the way other American families would have wine with dinner. For us, it was our sacrament. It was something that made a great life sweeter in every possible way.
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You get to know who you really are in a crisis.
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The hand of the wicked can't stir one moment before God allows them to begin, and...one moment after God commands them to stop.
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Before I became an actress, I used to think, 'When I get famous, there's so much love for you. And I think that's what everyone's after with trying to achieve celebrity.
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Theoretically, there is nothing that can stop the government from taxing 100 per cent of income so long as the people get benefits from the government commensurate with their income which is taxed.
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Right around my first year of college - I remember "Song of Solomon," by Toni Morrison, just moved me tremendously. The power of language and how it can peel back truths, bring things to the surface. So I learned a lot from fiction.
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Kings stand more in need of the company of the intelligent than the intelligent do of the society of kings.
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Feeling bad is not a requirement; it’s something we agree to. Cut it loose!
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There has been a lot of progress during my lifetime, but I'm afraid it's heading in the wrong direction.
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The way to work with a bully is to take the ball and go home. First time, every time. When there's no ball, there's no game. Bullies hate that. So they'll either behave so they can play with you or they'll go bully someone else.
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Various irregular forces are operating on their own. It's easy for them not to follow the higher-ups.
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If you don't have time, you don't have priorities.
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The vital difference between dreamers and achievers boils down to some very basic, simple habits. People with clear, 'written-out' goals who consistently honor their defined priorities tend to get results faster than others, and enjoy a greater level of happiness and long-term success in all areas of life.
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Everything in Haiti right now is a priority.
