Benjamin Zephaniah Quotes
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Humor disarms people. It opens them up to starting a dialogue about things they wouldn't normally talk about. I don't understand how people who don't have a sense of humor get through life.
Zach Anner -
The rich don't win elections. They support the money, but what percentage of America are rich? What is it, 2 percent? But they all have one vote.
Larry King -
'Pulp Fiction' was probably one of the first films I ever saw that really kind of took effect on me. I was about four years old – obviously wasn't supposed to be seeing that film; my sister kind of sneaked it out and we got to see it. She's older than me. That was something I always used to watch.
Aaron Johnson -
Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
Samuel Johnson -
I want to tour, everywhere I can, all of the world.
Kat Edmonson -
Successful ventures in business or philanthropy are built around great teams who can help us overcome tremendous challenges - and have the right experiences and relationships to do so.
Naveen Jain
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I think life gives you lemons, and the thing that I'm working on doing is not watering it down, not putting sugar in it. Just drink it straight. The more you can take life head on... it's gonna make you a better person, and then you have nothing left to be afraid of. And what an awesome way to live.
Cam -
Women's Lib? I couldn't stand it.
Taylor Caldwell -
I really haven't liked the commercialization of mountaineering, particularly of Mt. Everest. By paying $65,000, you can be conducted to the summit by a couple of good guides.
Edmund Hillary -
It was kind of exciting being on the radio. Not everybody was on the radio.
Sam Donaldson -
My own personal, moral, spiritual, religious, etc. beliefs don't oppose same-gender marriage.
Ed Case -
Very early in life, it seemed to me that there was a relationship between the problems of the Negro people in America and the Jewish people in Russia, and that the Jewish people's problems were worse than ours.
Langston Hughes
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AI will probably most likely lead to the end of the world, but in the meantime, there'll be great companies.
Sam Altman -
To be completely cured of newspapers, spend a year reading the previous week’s newspapers.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb -
The best thing Clinton could do - I think I wrote him a letter about this, but I'm not sure - is to shut up.... He has no discipline.
Barry Goldwater -
All men think all men mortal but themselves.
Edward Young -
Tout bonheur est un chef-d'oeuvre: la moindre erreur le fausse, la moindre hésitation l'altère, la moindre lourdeur le dépare, la moindre sottise l'abêtit.
Marguerite Yourcenar -
I'm not a Barbie doll, I'm just a multidimensional human being who likes to make things.
Kali Uchis
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Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.
Kurt Vonnegut -
When I think back to my childhood, I just think of the word 'freedom.' In the summers, we spent all day on the beach.
Donna Langley -
Our freedom is hemmed in on every side. We must be grateful for what remains.
Charles Rosen -
Young man, if God gives me four years more to rule this country, I believe it will become what it ought to be-what its Divine Author intended it to be-no longer one vast plantation for breeding human beings for the purpose of lust and bondage. But it will become a new Valley of Jehoshaphat, where all the nations of the earth will assemble together under one flag, worshipping a common God, and they will celebrate the resurrection of human freedom.
Abraham Lincoln -
I've learned that I've got to keep level-headed.
Samantha Barks -
This planet is for everyone, borders are for no one. It's all about freedom.
Benjamin Zephaniah