Langston Hughes Quotes
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The art of life is to show your hand.
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I want to be able to make people laugh and cry and feel happy or sad and feel all these different emotions through singing and acting. Hopefully throughout my career, I'll get to pursue them.
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When it comes to rapacious 19th century capitalism, my family's hands are clean.
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In an expanding universe, time is on the side of the outcast. Those who once inhabited the suburbs of human contempt find that without changing their address they eventually live in the metropolis.
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I had a lovely childhood. For family holidays, we went as far as the car could take us - we would drive to Florida, even though it would take three days. I didn't know we didn't have a lot of money because there was always food on the table. I didn't have a lot of stuff, but I did figure skating for a long time, and I always had my skates.
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Feminism was about making women's lives less constrained and giving them more choices.
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Every government is run by liars and nothing they say should be believed.
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I understand that the tendency of foreign countries in recent years has been to establish particularly close relations with one or two others among all the countries which have general relations. In time of peace, they make secret treaties in advance, and in wartime, they aid one another with military provisions and armaments.
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There's a group of people - maybe the secular Taliban is a good name for them - who have morphed this idea, that you have to accept my values being every bit as cherished as your values. That's not tolerance... There are too many things in this world which we sit back and tolerate.
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Real riches are the riches possessed inside.
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To someone who is not currently on anti-depressants, I would suggest trying other treatments first - for example, psychotherapy.
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Remember Tupperware? That was the toughest stuff ever. Why can't they make a phone out of Tupperware?
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It's important to have a big-enough house in order to have space.
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If I am not above the law, nobody in this country can then claim to be above the law.
Olusegun Obasanjo -
I didn't get a phone call from Bill Clinton before I jumped in the race ... maybe it's because I hadn't given money to the foundation or donated to his wife's senate race.
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The golden rule for every business man is this: 'Put yourself in your customer's place.'
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I want to move people the way Edith Piaf did.
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Soap opera seems to be a dirty word, but actually they are the most popular shows we have. People want to know what happens next, people hate the villains and love the lovers. It's good, fun TV. But I wouldn't call 'Downton' a soap opera as such.
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If a brand will shy away from you because you dare to say that black lives matter, that's probably not a brand you want to work with anyway.
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To me extremism is targeting endangered whales in a whale sanctuary in violation of a moratorium. That, to me, is extreme.
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The job of the color photographer is to provide some level of abstraction that can take the image out of the daily.
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I'm trying my hand at writing. I'm writing a couple of projects for HBO, a half hour comedy and a miniseries.
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I had a ball doing Harry Potter.
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You talk like they don’t kick dreams around downtown.
