Alice Bailey Quotes
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Retiring for good wasn't difficult. I knew at the time it was right. I was no longer capable of achieving the standards I'd set myself and there was no light at the end of the tunnel.
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I think I'm a lot funnier and goofier than people were able to see on 'Dancing With the Stars.'
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Women in salsa - women everywhere - we always gotta be defending ourselves.
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It is not from your own goods that you give to the beggar; it is a portion of his own that you are restoring to him. The Earth belongs to all. So you are paying back a debt and think you are making a gift to which you are not bound.
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To be forced to defend oneself is an inherently undesirable position to be in. The focus shifts from ideas to the person conveying them.
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My aunt is the director of the acapella group Black Voices. I was so struck by them as a child. They sang with such passion and conviction. By the time I turned 15, I had plucked up the courage to ask if I could join the group. Acapella is a different discipline from singing with an accompaniment - it is much more exposed.
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The 'chinked out' style is a school of hip hop - that's the way I like to think of it - that incorporates Chinese elements and sounds.
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Iris Murdoch did influence my early novels very much, and influence is never entirely good.
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There are some times when I think acting can be a noble profession. And when those rare roles come along, like 'Down to the Bone,' you have the opportunity to be of service.
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I heard it in 2008 and hear it again now - this notion that the only reason one would support Hillary Clinton is because she is a woman - or only because she is experienced and smart. She is all of those things. But I am with her because... Hillary Clinton inspires me.
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Politicians make decisions in favor of their interest groups or their supporters back in their hometowns.
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This will end in tears.
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'Tis but a Tent where takes his one day's rest A Sultan to the realm of Death addrest; The Sultan rises, and the dark Ferrash Strikes, and prepares it for another Guest.
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On second thought, maybe the atheist cannot find God, for the same reason a thief cannot find a policeman.
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I knew that manual labor wasn't the career for me.
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The glaring injustice is there for all who are not blinded by prejudice to see.
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The fundamental question I believe is, 'Is political Islam in our best interest?' If not, what is our policy to authoritatively support the countervailing forces?
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I kick it with a whole bunch of people, whereas some people only want you to kick it with one race, you know.
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I feel like I am always searching for my purpose. I'm always wondering what that is.
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I feel like I'm put in a position where I have to engage with what people bring to my work, which is an expectation for me to talk about race because it's not normal for a black writer to be writing in the theatre.
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In America, burial means an embalmed body in a heavy-duty casket with a vault built over it, so that the ground doesn't settle. That body is encased in many layers of denial.
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When the government says 'everybody gets equal pay,' you get away from the whole American Dream.
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Football. It sounds simple, but it's always been the case - I don't see myself living without playing.
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The entire universe is a great theatre of mirrors.
