Anne Spencer Quotes
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It was kind of easier for me to do records that didn't take a year or two years of my life to write and to make.
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I shall have a beautiful dream tonight. I also wish everyone to have a beautiful dream.
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I went to an all-girls Catholic high school. The three things that they focused on were reading, writing, and arithmetic. My goodness, this is a novel idea in this modern society. I was really good at all three of these things. I was particularly good at math.
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The reason we have cancer and heart disease is the same reason you can't get rid of the wear and tear on your tires on your car: as soon as you use them, you are wearing them away. You can't make eternal tires, and it's the same with the human body.
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You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.
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In Colombia, women are a huge factor for reconciliation. I have seen many strong women advocating for negotiations. I remember when the paramilitary were active, there were women close to the paramilitary asking for negotiations.
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There are a lot of musicians in my life. But movies came first for me. That was my original passion.
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For myself, losing is not coming second. It's getting out of the water knowing you could have done better. For myself, I have won every race I've been in.
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People pretend to be nice; people pretend to be smooth and polite and everything, but this is only an appearance because the way we're built as human beings is only in paradox and contradictions.
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I've seen too many ups and downs in the movie industry.
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I've been a lucky boy.
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Democracies domesticate religious groups to become political players. That's how it works.
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I urge calm and sensitivity to the fundamental civil liberties of our country.
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I always put on M.A.C. Prep and Primer before anything.
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David Bowie and Boy George created a safely contained theatrical expression of gay style.
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I love to play the game, love to be around the rink, and love to joke around with my teammates and have some fun.
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Pair up in threes.
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He tries by a peculiar speech to speak The peculiar potency of the general
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They dream in Courtship, but in Wedlock wake.
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There's an idea called "gray man", in the security business, that I find interesting. They teach people to dress unobtrusively. Chinos instead of combat pants, and if you really need the extra pockets, a better design conceals them. They assume, actually, that the bad guys will shoot all the guys wearing combat pants first, just to be sure.
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I think former President Clinton and even Newt Gingrich have said it was a mistake to repeal Glass Steagall.
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I'm actually not a big coffee fan, so I don't drink it that much. I'd rather have a green tea. But I do love to get a white mocha sometimes - it is just a strong order.
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Contractions, 'U' for 'you' and the like are wonderful to make communication brief and efficient - but we wouldn't want all our talk to be only brief and efficient. Taking pauses out of language would be like taking the net away from a tennis game. Where would all the fun go?
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Good communication is as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard.
