Charles Barron Quotes
I want to go up to the closest white person and say: 'You can't understand this, it's a black thing' and then slap him, just for my mental health.
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I often get mistaken for Dumbledore. One wizard is very much like another.
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I am insecure. If you ask me, everybody is.
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A great sense of peace entered my body, and seemingly into every cell.
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What you look like, whether you're Brad Pitt or Charles Laughton, is significant for actors.
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It is a myth of publishers that people want to read easy things.
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I graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles, with an English literature degree and travelled for a year before going to work.
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The musical has always been in jeopardy - until - or was in jeopardy until it was realised that it is probably the safest living theatre art form.
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You can't spend your life beating yourself up for something that happened yesterday. You die if you don't follow your desire.
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In 2014, Utah cities Salt Lake City and Provo both surpassed Silicon Valley in per-deal venture capital averages. From large, multi-campus companies to promising start-ups, Silicon Slopes offers a promising climate for businesses. The entire tech industry has its eyes on Utah.
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Mr. Obama denounced the $2.3 trillion added to the national debt on Mr. Bush's watch as 'deficits as far as the eye can see.' But Mr. Obama's budget adds $9.3 trillion to the debt over the next 10 years. What happened to Obama the deficit hawk?
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I never saw movies I was in because my mom told me that would be prideful, being stuck on yourself.
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I have to be honest - I don't love guns.
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The laws of physics should allow us to arrange things molecule by molecule and even atom by atom, and at some point it was inevitable that we would develop a technology that would let us do this.
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I love the intimacy of venues like the House of Blues. When everyone is packed in and so close to you, it makes you play differently. It's so much more fun to play because there's so much more high energy in a place like that.
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In this life, all you need is for someone to believe in you.
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My duty is that of a chronicler; and if I perform that conscientiously, the lessons which my observations suggest will need no pointing out.
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I know dozens of authors who have had a lot of books published by New York, and they won't ever take another Big 6 contract since they've gotten a taste of the freedom, control, and money self-publishing offers.
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For this reason, to study English literature without some general knowledge of the relation of the Bible to that literature would be to leave one's literary education very incomplete.
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Even when I interviewed bands, it was about asking them about writing songs, so it was more for me than anybody else.
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It's important for a young black kid to see a Mexican hero, just to know that we're all equal.
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If you're quiet, knowing that there's a culture of racism inside most police departments, and you're not saying anything, you are on the wrong side of history.
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I wish that she had had a black loon because I don't think that Nina [Simone] did. I have always had - I've been very fortunate - a group of little old ladies that I love and who love me, and who turned and to whom I turn at different times.
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While I think it is necessary to be honest about the racism of our past and present, it is also necessary to empower children (and adults) with the vision that change is possible. Concrete examples are critical.
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I want to go up to the closest white person and say: 'You can't understand this, it's a black thing' and then slap him, just for my mental health.
