William Wells Brown Quotes
The last great struggle for our rights; the battle for our own civilization, is entirely with ourselves, and the problem is to be solved by us.
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Once you give up rights, they're not going to give them back.
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I struggle with control.
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Clearly, children's charities struggle to find private sources of money to sustain their benevolent programs.
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Men and women have roles - their roles are different, but their rights are equal.
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Writing about a person whose struggle you wish you could solve is an act of compassion and also, frankly, opportunism.
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Our first manager really pushed that we not sell our publishing rights, which is one of the earliest things an artist will do: They'll sell in order to get a cash advance.
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Only a struggle twists sentimentality and lust together into love.
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When you go in for any life rights, you always ask, 'Who would you have play this person, or who would you have direct?'
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Civilization is so hard on the body that some have called it a disease, despite the arts that keep puny bodies alive to a greater average age, and our greater protection from contagious and germ diseases.
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Close by the Rights of Man, at the least set beside them, are the Rights of the Spirit.
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Getting older and adjusting to all the things that biologically happen to you is not easy to do and is a constant struggle and adjustment.
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All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
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I consider that there are different degrees of civilization and there are many different ways of expressing it. But one is civilized or is not.
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I'm a war baby: I was brought up with rationing, and my parents always had to struggle. I remember when I was sent to boarding school - Prior Park College in Bath - my father was asked how he was going to pay the fees, and he replied: 'In arrears.'
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I think the United Nations is a useful format to discuss matters, but I think it's a weak institution in being able to carry out matters and, in many respects even, it has been harmful on things like human rights.
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What is at a peak is certain to decline. He who shows his hand will surely be defeated. He who can prevail in battle by taking advantage of his enemy's doubts is invincible.
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Unfortunately, the rights to 'System Shock' trademark and copyright are both up in the air.
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Be vigilant, for nothing one achieves lasts forever.
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We still have sanctions on Iran for its violations of human rights, for its support of terrorism and for its ballistic missile program. And we will continue to enforce these sanctions vigorously. Iran's recent missile test, for example, was a violation of its international obligations.
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I was obsessed with clowns. My dad had to get rid of them. I thought there were clowns under my bed for years.
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During an economic crisis, what matters is that the government keeps its foot on the accelerator.
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If players want to protest, let them do it on their own time and on their own dime.
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I'm not a great horse person, but I love horses, and I love all of it. The sights and sounds and smells, the whole genre of Westerns - I love them.
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The last great struggle for our rights; the battle for our own civilization, is entirely with ourselves, and the problem is to be solved by us.
