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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The noble person who has eaten of his lord's bounty should die in his lord's battles; to return to one's home dead and wrapped in a horse's hide is a happy fate. Am I the sort of people to bring to nought the grand designs of my country?
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I guess I've always liked the idea of being an artist.
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What did Bush do on 9/11? He ran away and hid. Even Reagan knew more about leadership than that, and he was as bad a symbol of America as I can think of, off-hand. But at least he's been in enough cowboy movies to know he had to come out and stand on top of the rubble and be seen shaking his fist or something.
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The climate informs the character.
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You'll do what you think you want to do, or what you think you ought to do. If you're very lucky, luckier than anybody I know, the two will coincide.
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I never think about anybody. I let them think about me.
