Whitney M. Young Quotes
It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.
Quotes to Explore
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Tremendous changes are taking place in our country, eradicating the concept of second-class citizenship.
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You can never predict a hit or a flop, but it's about what you are happy doing as an actor. Every actor comes with his or her own mindset.
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Soon, I'll be like all the others. The time will come for all of us, but the ideas of the Cuban Communists will remain.
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What is extraordinary about contemporary art is the energy - it has our energy. New energy. Pieces hundreds of years old are beautiful from an aesthetic point of view, but without our modern energy.
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The sound of water is worth more than all the poets' words.
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If the lives of men can be measured in terms of years, ideologies in decades, and nations in centuries, then the unit measuring civilizations, born of the interaction among peoples, would be the millennium.
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I just love scary movies. I love the thrill.
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We all get self-centered.
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I really love Alexa Chung's style. I really think she gets it right all the time. I've never seen a picture of her where I didn't love the outfit.
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I was shocked when I heard that Farghadani had been sentenced to 12 years and nine months in prison on spurious charges, as Amnesty International notes, of 'spreading propaganda against the system,' 'insulting members of the parliament through paintings' and 'insulting the Supreme Leader' with her cartoon.
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I'm Bam Margera. And I feel like kicking my dad's butt all day today.
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President Obama stands ready to work with everyone, because that's what the American people expect and deserve - not for the short term political advantages, but the long term health of our country. We don't spend time trying to figure out what's in the minds of Republicans, we try to keep our focus on the American people.
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I think basically I'm lazy, but I have a housewife's mentality when I go about my job.
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Auditions are not a natural environment, and you feel judged, even though everyone is just excited to find the right person.
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Toward the end of the Olympics, you get physically tired and drained. And no matter how much rest you have, your body is tired.
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I've been a kind of a wildcatter. I've been able to say anything I wanted.
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If you want to do something, what does it matter where you are ranked?
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We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope. Hence the apparent enormities of the present.
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I quite like it when I'm on the Tube and people offer me their seat. Sometimes I take it. The other day I was offered a seat by a pregnant lady. I thought, 'That's going a bit far.'
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Good asparagus needs minimal treatment and is best eaten with few other ingredients.
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South Koreans would rather see their state's security compromised than risk their own prosperity. Let’s not overestimate South Koreans’ attachment to their own state, which a sizable but influential minority still considers illegitimate.
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The more faithfully you listen to the voices within you, the better you will hear what is sounding outside.
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I was offered the opportunity to narrate the Catholic bible, and it was something I really wanted to be involved with.
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It is better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.
