Anne Spencer Quotes
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My mom could be pretty strict.
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I had to create some good work habits and attitude.
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My home has to feel airy and bright with natural light. I don't switch on lamps until it is literally black outside.
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Filipino talents and skills are becoming ubiquitous in many parts of the world. Returning Filipino workers have helped improve our skills and technological standards.
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I believe that the power of literature is stronger than the power of tyranny.
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What I really want is a world where no one alive can remember what the word 'war' means. That's my goal.
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I still get to preach 14, 15 times a year. But you have to make a living.
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Every lover is a soldier.
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I've no interest in going on a road trip. If I want to go on holiday, I want to sit on a beach, swim, drink cocktails and read a book.
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Of all the punctuation marks; he told me ellipses were his favorites.
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Listen to this, and I'll tell you 'bout the heartache I'll tell you 'bout the heartache and the loss of God.
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The paintings of Francis Bacon to my eye are very beautiful. The paintings of Bosch or Goya are to my eye very beautiful. I've also stood in front of those same paintings with people who've said, 'let's get on to the Botticellis as soon as possible.' I have lingered, of course.
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The powers of the teenagers in 'The Darkest Minds' were always meant to represent that inherent drive that young people have to make change, and how the world pushes back against it.
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I've always avoided publicity. I've never been good copy at any stage of my life. I don't strive for it, because I don't think it's important whether I'm good copy or not. The two can go together, if that's your personality, but every person on this earth is unique.
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I do believe sometimes discipline is very important. I'm not just lying around like a lazy cow all the time.
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People will always make comparisons.
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It was an honor and privilege to arrive to this country 16 years ago with almost no money in my pocket. A lot has happened since then.
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I came from a very normal, un-Hollywood background. My parents provided me with every sort of normal upbringing that they could.
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It's long past time we started focusing on the solutions that actually keep women healthy, instead of using basic aspects of women's health as a tool of cultural, moral, and political control.
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Live life to the fullest, and focus on the positive.
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I feel such a sense of empowerment being a mom. But I do wonder: How do they/we do it all?
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I'm a guy that can play three downs. You don't have to take me off the field. I value blocking.
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Once you've grown to accept something and it becomes part of the system you've inherited, you don't even notice it any longer.
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Is any prophet come to teach a new thing Now in a more apt time?
