Charlene Weir Quotes
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There is no hope unmingled with fear, and no fear unmingled with hope.
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At what point then is the approach of danger to be expected? I answer, if it ever reach us, it must spring up amongst us. It cannot come from abroad. If destruction be our lot, we must ourselves be its author and finisher. As a nation of freemen, we must live through all time, or die by suicide.
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I sang a lot in college - I was in a choral group in college. But, then, when I moved to New York, I really just concentrated on acting.
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I had to make different kinds of music for everybody but still keep it classic T-Pain at the same time.
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Acting is the work of two people - it's only possible when you have the complicity, the help, even the manipulation of a director.
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Acting, and the privilege of being able to do it for a living, is so important to me. I don't turn up and just hope for the best. I really fret about it. I do my homework; I prepare myself for the experience of playing a particular character.
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If you look at a lot of the songs I've been involved in, there's always been this retro vibe. I started getting worried that I wasn't moving forward very much, nor was I even in tune with the music today. I almost scoffed at it.
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I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
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My style of playing is more enthusiasm and instinct than skill.
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As a state senator and then a congressman, I've had the privilege of trying to do good things for people to whom I owe so much and can never fully repay.
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People should recognize who you are and how you can act rather then how famous you are.
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There is no pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
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For a long time, I couldn't even afford food and clothing. I climbed from the very bottom of the society.
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Pa did not like a country so old and worn out that the hunting was poor. He wanted to go west. For two years he had wanted to go west and take a homestead, but Ma did not want to leave the settled country.
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I'm a comedian, not a politician.
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In order to get what you want, you must first decide what you want. Most people really foul up at this crucial first step because they simply can't see how it's possible to get what they want, so they don't even let themselves want it.
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Don't let people talk you into what they think is you.
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I don't believe in God. I do believe in Judaism. I believe in ethics, morals.
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With 'Iron Man,' I have to give Jon Favreau great credit for the score because he always said, from the beginning, 'Tony Stark is a rock n' roll guy.'
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Vietnam was the first time that Americans of different races had to depend on each other. In the Second World War, they were segregated; it was in Vietnam that American integration happened in the military - and it wasn't easy.
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Don't you dare underestimate the power of your own instinct.
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People talking about making America great again? America's never been great. The greatness of America is in its pursuit of greatness.
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The world consisted of predators and prey. You were either hunting or running.
