Charles Derber Quotes
The poor, no less than the rich, stay tuned in to the Dream Machine in bad times as well as good....By 1995, millions of the poor were left without housing, medical care; jobs, or educational opportunity; six million children-one of every four kids under 6 years of age in America-were officially poor. Mired in Third-World conditions of poverty while video-bombarded with First-World dreams, rarely has a population suffered a greater gap between socially cultivated appetites and socially available opportunities.
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I just got to hear every note. After I left Birdland, I started working at the Jazz Gallery. In the end, I still couldn't play, but I knew how to listen. I was probably the world's best listener.
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Ambition often puts Men upon doing the meanest offices; so climbing is performed in the same position with creeping.
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I am not an enemy of the Negro. We want him here among us; he is the only laboring class we have.
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I like to go out and write. So I'll often go to a Starbucks or a local coffee bar, and I'll sit there and I'll write. I can write pretty much anywhere.
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I was a dancer first, which made me realize how much I loved performing.
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Working with Mario Testino was a joy. He's very young spirited, and it's always lovely and a pleasure to spend time talking to him about all different things.
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I can change a light fixture, and I can do certain things. But I'm really bad in terms of construction. I can't do any of it on my own.
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I often have the impression that the book I've just finished isn't satisfied: that it rejects me because I haven't successfully completed it. Because there is no going back, I'm forced to begin a new book so I can finally complete the previous one.
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The New Deal's enmity for that system of free and competitive private enterprise which we call capitalism was fundamental.
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That was my challenge as an actress: to be a necessary part of the office without being too aggressive.
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Every industry has slack times, and everyone has bad days at work.
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Fascist movements kill off their critics, literally or metaphorically, while democratic movements value, invite and even welcome criticism.
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The human's place in the universe will be set in the scheme of evolution, the product of our biological inheritance.
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Few states, they have the international borders, state borders; in India, there is so much diversity in system. Unity in diversity is our system, so therefore, you cannot take for granted, whatever you do.
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No nation ever had an army large enough to guarantee it against attack in time of peace, or ensure it of victory in time of war.
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If you aren't having fun, if you aren't anxious to find out what happens next as you write, then not only will you run out of steam on the story, but you won't be able to entertain anyone else, either.
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I have a lot of artists who I just love to hear their music, and I'm a fan of them.
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'We are not a debating club,' Franklin said. 'Our goal is to get at the truth, where that is possible.'
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I was married to Margaret Joan Howe in 1940. Although not a scientist herself she has contributed more to my work than anyone else by providing a peaceful and happy home.
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I could put everything I got in the bank on my abilities and skill and will, and what I'm capable of doing in the ring.
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The red-carpet spotlight is a little bit more nerve-racking when you haven't been doing it all the time.
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Designing a house is like doing a movie: Once you're done, you want to say, 'I hope you all enjoy it.'
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I say myself no depressed words just depressed minds.
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The poor, no less than the rich, stay tuned in to the Dream Machine in bad times as well as good....By 1995, millions of the poor were left without housing, medical care; jobs, or educational opportunity; six million children-one of every four kids under 6 years of age in America-were officially poor. Mired in Third-World conditions of poverty while video-bombarded with First-World dreams, rarely has a population suffered a greater gap between socially cultivated appetites and socially available opportunities.
