Antonio Gates Quotes
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I endeavor to make the most of everything.
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Our higher education system is one of the things that makes America exceptional. There's no place else that has the assets we do when it comes to higher education. People from all over the world aspire to come here and study here. And that is a good thing.
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I actually grew up wanting to be a filmmaker. I wanted to make movies, and music was a detour, almost.
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Islam was hijacked on that September 11, 2001, on that plane, as an innocent victim.
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Judges can determine fair justice far better than any inane federal mandate.
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I like that feeling of letting loose, of not planning every step. The best performances are the ones that you just let happen.
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I auditioned for 'Avatar' in Australia. It was a 'blind' audition. I didn't know what the movie was about and whom it was for.
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In 1559, Duke Frederick III was summoned before the Emperor Ferdinand I at Breslau to answer the accusations of extravagance and oppression brought against him by the Silesian Estates and was deposed, imprisoned, and his son Henry XI given the Ducal crown instead.
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I consider myself a student of many religions. The more I learn, the more questions I have. For me, the spiritual quest will be a life-long work in progress.
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In a bigger picture, all over the world is a boys' club.
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Unfortunately, anti-Darwinism keeps playing minor variations on the same negative themes and adds nothing to our understanding of life.
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Sometimes you ask God for something and you don't know what you're asking.
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I went to UCLA, my dad's alma mater, and that was his dream.
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When a man sits in our jails for a number of years, and around him friends and family become angry, that is how we create terrorists.
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People can certainly take pride in the fact that there is a Jewish candidate for president who has received delegates and who has run a terrific campaign and still work hard to ensure we elect Hillary Clinton.
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Victims and survivors deserve more than a person seeking a headline.
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My mother was a librarian, and she worked at the Black Resource Center in South Central Los Angeles and would call me to tell me stories that she read about that were interesting to her.
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George W. Bush was a silver spoon dolt with no record to speak of other than bankruptcy and selling tropical plants, and we let him sail into the White House, but Barack talks about religious fundamentalism and guns being prevalent in poor areas, and we roast him for weeks?
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I will not remain silent, resigned to watch as my fellow prisoners collapse under the strain of slavery-like conditions.
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I hate sets. I've always hated sets. I think that if you have a dining room set, break it up!
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It's an odd job, making decent people laugh.
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Fortunately, though she was hungry, she didn't mind missing a meal. Life was full of meals. They took up an enormous proportion of one's time.
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You had to be tough in our neighborhood.
