Beverly Daniel Tatum Quotes
It is important to understand that the system of advantage is perpetuated when we do not acknowledge its existence.
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I try to make myself happy, no, because I know that if I'm not happy, my colleagues are not happy and my shareholders are not happy and my customers are not happy.
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RFK was a compelling figure because he was willing to challenge his audiences, and in turn connect with them in a unique way. Kennedy showed that our values define us and can inspire others to believe in the possibility of change and a better society.
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I definitely support cop acting more than cops, but all of them ain't bad, just some of them.
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Polka dots are fabulous.
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You could make a case that women addicted men to their sexuality and then withdrew their sexuality until we provided them with a source of income.
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I never travel without my Stetson, but the more I wear it the more I realise that no one wears hats any more. When I was a kid everybody wore hats, especially in Texas, but I get off the plane in Dallas now and I'm the only guy with a hat. It's amazing.
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My manager has been my manager since I was 17, and he says that he's supposed to be smart for me when I can't do it for myself.
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They had nothing to say to each other. A five-year age gap between siblings is like a garden that needs constant attention. Even three months apart allows the weeds to grow up between you.
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Men become old, but they never become good.
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I love being down at Occupy Wall Street. The sincerity, the youth involvement, the desire for better, is palpable and moving. There is true caring, sharing, and refreshingly naive hope.
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Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true. When will you realize... Vienna waits for you.
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A black face, run-down shoes and elbow-out make-up give me a place to hide. The real Bert Williams is crouched deep down inside the coon who sings the songs and tells the stories.
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When the Bible itself becomes irksome, inquire whether you have not been spoiling your appetite by sweetmeats and renounce them; and believe that the Word is the wire along which the voice of God will certainly come to you if the heart is hushed and the attention fixed.
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I always resented the role of a drummer as nothing more than a subservient figure.
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I am not accustomed to take my wine in pills.
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Things are getting much better, but I always wondered when I went to church on Sundays. I've always been one to... I'm not just a boxer.
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What is wanted - whether this is admitted or not - is nothing less than a fundamental remolding, indeed weakening and abolition of the individual: one never tires of enumerating and indicating all that is evil and inimical, prodigal, costly, extravagant in the form individual existence has assumed hitherto, one hopes to manage more cheaply, more safely, more equitably, more uniformly if there exist only large bodies and their members.
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We are a fighting nation, continually struggling to overcome diseases from within... and to face up to foreign intervention from without.
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The last thing we should do is allow ourselves to be infantilized by a counterfeit version of enlightenment.
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When you let go of your attention for a little while, do not think you may recover it whenever you please.
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It is important to understand that the system of advantage is perpetuated when we do not acknowledge its existence.
