Alice Dunbar Nelson Quotes
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People who get rich early should help the rest get rich.
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It's totally mistaken to suppose that an armed escort is going to give a journalist any protection - on the contrary, journalists who turn up surrounded by armed personnel are just turning themselves into targets and in even worse danger.
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As the bill requires, any terror alert system must give people and organizations some indication about what steps they must take to improve their own security and assist in the Nation's security.
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I grew up with a pet iguana named Willy. We had a very contentious relationship. It turns out that iguanas are not meant to live in suburban homes.
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It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner.
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I placed my new novel, 'The Book of Lost Fragrances', in Paris, knowing it would be a challenge. But the book belonged in the city that is one of the greatest perfume capitals of the world and has been since for more than three centuries.
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He's this amazing ambassador for all superheroes. What we've made as a film not only examines that but is also an amazing adventure story. It's been an honor to work on. As a comic book fan, Superman is like the Rosetta Stone of all superheroes.
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When I work with other people, I don't have to do that - it's because I love to do it and I want to do it.
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Life is not a matter of place, things or comfort; rather, it concerns the basic human rights of family, country, justice and human dignity.
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My views line up with Mick Mulvaney's views pretty much exactly.
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Education is gathering information and reading... No human being can thrive without some form of education. How you get it is up to you - the important thing is that you get it.
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I didn't choose acting. The universe did.
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In my opinion, Christian Dior was never, ever theatre.
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I've always believed that the things middle class families struggle with around their kitchen tables should define my work in Washington.
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Without courage, wisdom bears no fruit.
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I have literally played the most interesting parts since I turned 40.
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When I heard Flying Lotus, I was like, 'Wow, okay, everything can be off the grid.'
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A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.
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I finally got to the point where I decided I don't care if it's good art or bad art - it's what I do. I enjoy doing it, and people like it.
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Above all, the mime must want to say to men (because his muscles are working), ‘everything is possible. It’s will that’s lacking, not strength.’ Art should be exemplary. It’s almost condemned to be exemplary.
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The greatest of all mysteries is the man himself.
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Love at first sight is a revival of an infantile impression. The first love object reappears in a different disguise.
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I want our future leaders to know what's possible and to be part of a world where diversity and gender equality aren't special programs but the natural way of operating.
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Didacticism is the death of art.
