Langston Hughes Quotes
O, let my land be a land where Liberty Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath, But opportunity is real, and life is free, Equality is in the air we breathe.
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I'm not an A student; I'm not even a B student, but I've gotten a lot better with the reading because of texts. And I can voice-text and say whatever I want to people.
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Architecture is my work, and I've spent my whole life at a drawing board, but life is more important than architecture. What matters is to improve human beings.
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You have to find out how to become the character.
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I like that about London. It comes together when it needs to, and it has magic.
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Of course great politicians are always liable to be wrong about something, and the more people tell them they are wrong, the more stubbornly they defend their error.
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I know a lot of people who use the Internet really wisely. It enriches their lives in some way.
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Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you.
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The truth, it is said, is rarely pure or simple, yet genetics can at times seem seductively transparent.
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No matter how much technology changes scouting, no matter how much free agency and big TV contracts change the business of baseball, I hope and pray that the heart of the game will never change.
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I spent every day just praying that I didn't look like a big dork on camera.
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But the issue is not only life and death but our existence before God and our being judged by him. All of us were sinners before him and worthy of condemnation.
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I enjoy music wherever it's coming from.
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If I were a woman, I would love to have lots of kids. But for men, I don't believe in it.
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Choosing a spouse with religion in mind is not always a mistake, especially if your heritage and your faith are important parts of who you are. The trick is, as always, to recognize a good thing when you see it - and never mistake the bad for something more.
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But now that I'm cartooning full-time, I'm more of an observer. I'm talking to people who are experiencing these things. But it's not like being in the trenches.
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The health benefits of paid sick days policies are obvious. They prevent the spread of disease. But the impact is wider. If a working mom or dad loses a job because of sickness, the family may slip into poverty.
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Voters are hungry for principled, conservative fighters - because the threat to our liberties from Washington never has been greater.
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I try to play my game and that's being emotional because I'm that kind of guy.
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I think romantic passion is wanting a little something in return.
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New media are new archetypes, at first disguised as degradations of older media.
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My childhood dream was to study mechanical engineering. After reading 'The Mysterious Island' - which I read 25 times as a boy - I thought that was the best thing a person could do. The engineer in the book knows mechanics and physics, and he creates a whole way of life on the island out of nothing. I wanted to be like that.
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It's possible for people to gain control of every facet of your life.
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Increasingly, the real estate developers can't get bank loans for their project financing in China. They're now going into the Hong Kong market to raise money in the bond market at very, very high rates, as high as 15, 20 percent.
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O, let my land be a land where Liberty Is crowned with no false patriotic wreath, But opportunity is real, and life is free, Equality is in the air we breathe.
