William Congreve Quotes
He who closes his ears to the views of others shows little confidence in the integrity of his own views.
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I look at WorldstarHipHop in the morning, Bossip, Global Grind, and everything in between, but it's all so quick, I don't even think about it. And I've never been a fan of lyrical or socially conscious rap music.
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Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
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I don't know if anybody wants to mix their politics with their entertainment.
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If you can believe it, I had no intentions of being a wrestler.
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I said we needed to organize women around the world to push peace.
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A lot of people will look at you and will fail to see your beauty because you're covered up and they're not used to it. So growing up, I just had to work on my people skills and give people a chance to really know me besides the clothing.
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I was approached by Oxfam to go to Mali as their ambassador and get involved in their various initiatives out there. But I felt that was missing the point of using me, a musician.
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God has taken away the greatest man of his generation, for Dr. Livingstone stood alone.
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Water boarding: Is that like snowboarding?! 12.
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...next time you rake up those leaves realize you're about to jump into a pile of tree shit. 19.
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Those who think the information brought out at a criminal trial is the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth are fools. Prosecuting or defending a case is nothing more than getting to those people who will talk for your side, who will say what you want said.
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Here in the hospital, I say,that is not my body, not my body.I am not here for the doctorsto read like a recipe.
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Obviously the commercial news media tries to get you worked up and terrified so you'll buy products that they're advertising.
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In some ways I was curt because there's an unbelievable amount to accomplish in a day.
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I will overlook bad behavior if I know that people's intentions are good. I have this belief that people really can do good things and that people want to be good.
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When I was working on my first novel, 'The Quilter's Apprentice,' I knew I wanted to write about friendship, especially women's friendship and how women use friendship to sustain themselves and nurture each other.
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In my neighborhood growing up, 8, 10,12 kids were the norm. Those stay-at-home moms would handle so much physically and emotionally. Even in my early teens, I could tell those ladies were something.
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When I was 13, I auditioned for the theater school, and I was there for four years. In the meantime, I did my first three movies, all in Cuba.
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I have a beautiful pair of Giuseppe Zanotti black pumps that make me feel like a model every time I put them on. I have a pair of Jimmy Choo flats I would marry, if I could.
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You do not become a real pro in your field by doing certain things - you become a pro in your field by doing things in a certain way.
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When one man dies it is a tragedy, when thousands die it's statistics.
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The hair department is always on my case about washing my hair. I am incredibly lazy, and a brat about washing my hair.
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But I try not to become preoccupied with that because with whatever direction I follow, with whatever advice I've followed or not followed, It's landed me in New York, in a very beautiful hotel, talking to people about something that I love. So I ain't that far off.
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He who closes his ears to the views of others shows little confidence in the integrity of his own views.
