Wyomia Tyus Quotes
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Don't abuse your friends and expect them to consider it criticism.
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The thing I love most about going to a book store is the self-help section is the biggest section because Americans know we're screwed up. We know it. But we want to get better.
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One person I've always wanted to work with who would be an amazing guest star would be James Earl Jones.
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I really try to get eight hours of sleep, and I really try not to go out after a Tuesday or Friday night show because I know I have a two-show day the following day.
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I have been committed to carrying out my duties... in accordance with both the letter and spirit of all applicable rules of ethics and canons of conduct.
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No one will ever believe that both your hard drive and mine crashed within a week of each other.
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At the heart of the deterioration of the fabric of the Negro society is the deterioration of the Negro family.
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Lucy Fry and I became very good friends on the set…I called her ‘Royal Higness’ & she answered, ‘Yes, my Guardian.
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I have always felt that the true text-book for the pupil is his teacher.
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Never let a short term desire get in the way of a long term goal.
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“I will keep it safe for you," Saturday whispered, barely brave enough to say it.
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I've never believed in the end of times. We are mankind. Our footprints are on the moon. When the last trumpet sounds and the beast rises from the pit - we will kill it.
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Not playing would be worse. These games are very important for our team. It doesn't matter what condition, I'm going to do my best. At least my mind is healthy.
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Virtues are acquired through endeavor, which rests wholly upon yourself.
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There is no sense in the struggle, but there is no choice but to struggle.
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I didn't grow up with musical influences in my family.
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You can plan all you want to. You can lie in your morning bed and fill whole notebooks with schemes and intentions. But within a single afternoon, within hours or minutes, everything you plan and everything you have fought to make yourself can be undone as a slug is undone when salt is poured on him. And right up to the moment when you find yourself dissolving into foam you can still believe you are doing fine.
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I don't want to get rich - just live good.
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There are many times where we lose faith in our country and ourselves, and I think drag is definitely a form of entertainment and a form of hope that tells us we have to hope for a brighter future.
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You should be willing to do something that will take you five minutes or less for anybody.
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I never think about anybody. I let them think about me.
