Mort Walker Quotes
When I introduced a black soldier, Lt. Flap, in 1971, the Stars and Stripes banned the strip. They were having racial problems and thought it would increase the tensions.
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I think I would encourage leaders to start working with communities in order to inoculate angry, young teenagers.
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It's nice not to be too boring.
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Creating a character and living truthfully through her is a whole different ball game. It's all part of the same person but it's a much newer medium for me.
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
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Remember that no relationship is a total waste of time. You can always learn something about yourself.
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Drink warm water with lemon first thing in the morning. It's a good way to detox and alkalize your body.
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Reality TV is easier to digest if it comes in small amounts.
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Christianity is a battle not a dream.
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Your belief system saturates the space around you.
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Every woman must own her story; otherwise we are all part of the silence.
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Keep your elbows soft. Keep your elbows looking fine.
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Dressing for yourself and not a man is definitely something I advocate.
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What is called good society is usually nothing but a mosaic of polished caricatures.
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I am a reserved guy and need somebody to pep me up every day, Upsi does that job perfectly. She is very vivacious and outspoken, so we blend very well. We both love travelling, and we have a thing for adventure. We love being outdoors and like to ride our own boat rather than being rowed by someone else.
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'The Real World' is the most predictable arc ever. They get on the show, they're all excited, we're gonna be best friends, then people start drinking and get hammered, and say stupid stuff, and that's pretty much it.
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Would you believe I never went to a hockey game when I was living in Canada?
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My mother was the influence on me - my father was absent. He was a diamond dealer; he was doing wonderful things in the background, and women were left at home. So my mother really was in charge of everything: the ballet, dance lessons, piano lessons, and latkes.
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There's very few geniuses that come and revolutionize everything. For the rest of us that want to be artists and have something to say, it's a lot of work and a lot of luck.
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Clavain saw it all with sudden, heart-stopping clarity: all that mattered was the here and now. All that mattered was survival. Sentience that bowed down and accepted its own extinction-no matter what the long-term arguments, no matter how good the greater cause-was not the kind of sentience he was interested in preserving.
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Not unlike our country's history, my personal history was founded upon an unfortunate history of racial conflict between black and white.
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That's the great thing about music. You can find some '60s pop record and feel completely invigorated by it, even though it's so old.
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… after you're dead and buried and floating around whatever place we go to, what's going to be your best memory of Earth? … What moment for you defines what it's like to be alive on this planet?
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When I introduced a black soldier, Lt. Flap, in 1971, the Stars and Stripes banned the strip. They were having racial problems and thought it would increase the tensions.
