Ndabaningi Sithole Quotes
It appears it would be quite un-American not to be suspicious of the government or to distrust it. History has taught them a little too much about the tragic frailties of human governments, but it has also driven home to them that they must control firmly political and economic power, which, handed over to any government in their land, could be easily used to oppress them.
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All the things that happen to people in the industry today, the actors, what they have to put up with, all the people wanting to know every single moment of their lives - I think it's really sad.
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I'm dyslexic, and it takes me longer to memorize and to embody the character so I can really own it.
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We all know how funny Morrissey is. Actually, you know what? I say that sarcastically. His songs are some of the funniest songs I've ever heard in my life. I mean, really. I mean, not that the 'Girlfriend in a Coma' is, like, really funny.
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If my company spends money, it should be disclosed to the shareholders and how it was spent. With my personal money, I can do anything I want. But company money should be disclosed.
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On my first day at Yale Law School, there were posters in the hallways announcing an event with Tony Blair, the former British prime minister. I couldn't believe it: Tony Blair was speaking to a room of a few dozen students? If he came to Ohio State, he would have filled an auditorium of a thousand people.
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When I was a postdoc, I jotted every fresh thought on a three-by-five card and kept them in a card catalogue.
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The progress of an artist is a continual self-sacrifice, a continual extinction of personality.
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So, Japan as a country has lost its vigor; it feels very much closed in for various reasons.
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Junior Blender is a hardcore dancehall head. He's in Supersonic, which is one of the top soundclash sound-systems in Europe.
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We let folks know we're interested in them and that they're vital to us. cause they are.
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People will always want a free lunch.
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The violinist is that peculiarly human phenomenon distilled to a rare potency - half tiger, half poet.
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The people are the government, administering it by their agents; they are the Government, the sovereign power.
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Nothing happens to anyone that he can't endure. (Hays translation)
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Members of Congress wear two hats: one as Washington legislator, the other as listener and community leader back home.
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The key thing is that you start every film from sort of a blank page, almost like you discover it like a child discovers a new world.
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When you write a book, you're an expert, and people look at you in a different way.
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The thing with bookshelves, no matter how many you have, you always fill them.
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The whole idea that the rescue was staged or the soldiers were shooting blanks, that's just obvious stuff. Why would you do that in the middle of a war? It's just crazy.
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I had gained a greater appreciation of hearing the concerns of woman, doctors, and so many others.
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We in the press, by our power, can actually undermine leadership.
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Where is democratic process or popular sovereignty for the endangered population? It cannot be "given" or "allocated" by some other power without that same power claiming the right to withdraw what it gives.
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Our minds want clothes as much as our bodies.
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It appears it would be quite un-American not to be suspicious of the government or to distrust it. History has taught them a little too much about the tragic frailties of human governments, but it has also driven home to them that they must control firmly political and economic power, which, handed over to any government in their land, could be easily used to oppress them.
