Langston Hughes Quotes
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I always say that I am a big fan of films but I am an even bigger fan of the filmmaking craft.
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When I first got married to my husband, he had boxes full of photos of my two stepsons, ages 5 and 8 at the time, and I put them together in some little albums and wrote notes about how happy I was that they were a part of my life.
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All lives have triumphs and tragedies, laughter and tears, and mine has been no different. What really matters is whether, after all of that, you remain strong and a comfort to your loved ones. I have tried to meet that test.
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My manager's biggest dream is for me to be on Letterman. She says, 'Oh, Maggie, will you promise me you'll be on 'Letterman?' What can I say? I just tell her I can't promise, but I'll try my best.
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It is the spirit and not the form of law that keeps justice alive.
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I don't want to say anything because I know I am unable to protect you from the harm that I see.
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The Islamist ideology took decades to incubate within our communities, and it will take decades to debunk.
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We want a marriage with our customers, not a relationship.
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A label's typical plan would be to put something out that's safer and get fans, and then push buttons, but my idea is to push buttons first, scare off the people who are gonna be scared off, and then the right people will like you for who you really are, and stay with you.
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And, of course, in the Philippines there were so many thousands of Americans that were captured by the Japanese and held and who were rescued by Filipino Americans, or Filipinos I should say, and by U.S. troops near the close of the war.
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Men of New England, I hold you to the doctrines of liberty which ye inherit from your Puritan forefathers.
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I never forget my old days and I never fly too high I have my feet fixed firmly on the ground!
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Critics haven't taught me my cricket, and they don't know what my body and mind are up to.
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I wish to say that we Anarchists have never changed our position. We are Anarchists as of old and still pursue the same ideals.
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My mother's nickname for me is 'Positive Patrick.' I like to live up to that title.
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I think the process is one of using the camera and sound in the way a detective uses a magnifying glass: to find the clues. They're discovery devices, not performance devices - you're watching things the way a cat does. You're not judging. You're there to witness something.
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We made more money feeding molasses, urea, and corn cobs to cattle than we ever did feeding dent corn.
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Through my illness I learned rejection. I was written off. That was the moment I thought, Okay, game on. No prisoners. Everybody's going down.
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Before I begin talking about the threats we face, the vulnerabilities that we have, and frankly the courage of the men and women in uniform that stand in harm's way on behalf of a very grateful Nation, let me first honor the sacrifices of September 11.
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Group W's where they put you if you may not be moral enough to join the army after committing your special crime, and there was all kinds of mean nasty ugly looking people on the bench there. Mother rapers. Father stabbers. Father rapers!
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I lived with my mom in a really small apartment. My bedroom was like in the living room. That's why I still love to sleep on couches now.
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I think women still want to be married. But I don't think they'll do anything to get married anymore
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Los Angeles is a sprawl of broken dreams and lost opportunities, disconnected souls and entertainment junkies. The sunny skies and graceful palms don't redeem jammed roadways to nowhere.
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Let America be America again. Let it be the dream it used to be.
