William Wells Brown Quotes
This is called 'the land of the free and the home of the brave'; it is called the 'asylum of the oppressed,' and some have been foolish enough to call it the 'Cradle of Liberty.' If it is the 'Cradle of Liberty,' they have rocked the child to death.
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I know I'm in the exceptional position of having money, but I didn't have it for many decades. I'm always trying to get shows put on for 25 per cent less production costs.
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Humans are a social species more than any other, and in order to build a community, which for some reason humans have to do in order to live, we have to solve the communication problem. Language is the tool that was invented to solve that problem.
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To disregard the obvious is not a good trait in a leader in any situation.
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Age has been the perfect fire extinguisher for flaming youth.
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First and foremost, you have to remember that restaurants are businesses and they have to stay in business. And though everyone thinks they want grass fed beef, most people actually prefer the taste of corn fed - it is less dry, more marbled, and less gamey, not to mention much less expensive than grass fed.
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Disciples be damned. It's not interesting. It's only the masters that matter. Those who create.
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The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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There is a movement to get an international criminal court in the world, voted for by hundreds of states-but with the noticeable absence of the United States of America.
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Your kids are going to do well in the workplace of the future if they can bring creativity, if they can bring some innovation, if they can bring some entrepreneurialism.
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I'm an actor, so I am always scared. You never know if you are on vacation or that you have been retired and they just didn't tell you.
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In the end, crime doesn't pay.
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You can't get there alone. People have to help you, and I do believe in karma. I believe in paybacks. You get people to help you by telling the truth, by being earnest.
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Clothes are not frippery. Properly done, they can be an art form.
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My biggest asset is not cash - it's a large, growing, devout fanbase.
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For me, comedy is richer and larger than anything else.
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I don't like men who blow-dry their hair. If you are a man and you blow-dry your hair, then I don't like you and that's all there is to it.
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I think Raymond is very honest about human relationships.
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Do your best, one shot at a time and then move on. Remember that golf is just a game.
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I went to Wellesley College, and it was really hard for me to get a job after I graduated. I would go into places where I would not see any black people at all in Boston - like, zero. And then in publishing in New York City, it was pretty much the same. I knew that it wasn't about the value of my work.
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I did almost a year in prison, a year in prison, just because my name is Foxy Brown.
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Don't listen to the fools who say that pictures of people can be of no consequence, or that painting is dead. There is much to be done.
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There are fathers who do not love their children; there is no grandfather who does not adore his grandson.
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This is called 'the land of the free and the home of the brave'; it is called the 'asylum of the oppressed,' and some have been foolish enough to call it the 'Cradle of Liberty.' If it is the 'Cradle of Liberty,' they have rocked the child to death.
