Willie D (William James Dennis) Quotes
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I'm a compulsive reader of fiction. I fell in love with novels when I was a teenager. My wife Marilyn and I... our initial friendship began because we are both readers. I've gone to sleep almost every night of my life after having read in a novel for 30 or 40 minutes. I'm a great reader of fiction and much less so of non-fiction.
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It's hard to have people talking about you and trashing you in the media and saying they think your career is over... and you are only 25.
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If I want to tuck my son into bed and read him a story, but that means I have to take a red-eye to get to a concert - which I would never think of doing otherwise - that's just the way it is. Even if I can't hit the note that night, I got to tuck my child in!
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I do love to capture beauty in this world. And photos can last the test of time.
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There is no job description for the first lady and she's only there because her husband got elected president.
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When Ignatius understood that God did not wish him to remain at Jerusalem, he began to consider what he should do. The plan he approved and adopted was to enter upon a course of study in order to be better fitted to save souls.
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I didn't aim at anything except good music.
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Philanthropy without scale and sustainability is like any other bad business that will simply wither and die on the vine.
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If you have been divorced once - male or female, but especially for females - and you're over 40 you're actually a commodity. It means you were able to commit once, and you'll do it again.
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In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go.
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I really have to pace myself. I work about 75 hours a week.
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Email knocks me off my game. It's just for the morning commute and end of the day. Some might think I'm slow to respond, but those who need to reach me know to send me a text during those hours.
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Somehow, we have come to the erroneous belief that we are all but flesh, blood, and bones, and that's all. So we direct our values to material things.
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I'm still trying to figure out how to have an adult relationship with my parents.
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I always found when I was reading an interview with an actor that I wasn't interested in their political opinions - I just wanted to know what they'd had for breakfast.
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Beginning to dismantle the Pentagon would save $1 trillion a year - a small government proposal if ever there was one.
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The power of the lawyer is in the uncertainty of the law.
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On the campaign trail, Hillary Clinton emphasized her experience. Yes, experience matters, but judgment matters more. Despite her experience, Hillary Clinton's poor decisions have produced bad results. Just think about it.
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However, while we should certainly celebrate the demise of overt official racism, we must also critically examine where we are at this historical moment, recognize the many challenges ahead and reaffirm our commitment to making Brown v. Board a reality.
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In 2016, Trump, with his outsized ego, his anti-immigrant and anti-trade positions, coupled with barely disguised racism and deep-seated sexism and a willingness to lie whenever it suited him, was a near perfect fit.
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Hate speech, racism, and bigotry are intolerable realities that we must all come together to take action against.
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There's too many sounds in the world! The sounds of the earth are terrible! The roots squeezing and jostling one another through the clefts, and the crashing of the acorn from the oak. The cry of the little birdeen in under the silence of the hawk!
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I'm not sure if it's good to have freedom or not. I'm really confused now.
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Racism is a cancer that America does not want to cure.
