Willie D (William James Dennis) Quotes
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Segregation was a burden for many blacks, because the end of the civil war and the amendments added to the constitution elevated expectations beyond reality in some respects.
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It is not possible for a person to be completely free of sin and be squeaky clean.
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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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As cheesy as it sounds, all my eggs were never in just one basket. I had a thousand baskets going on.
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No one needs to be reminded of racism in soccer: the xenophobia, the nativism and, yes, nationalism.
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Moderate doesn't mean that you're a wimp - far from it. It means that you've chosen a path because you believe that's the only way for global harmony and peace.
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I definitely want to win a gold medal, that should be everybody's goal.
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When I give notes on a script, I say, 'Guys, I may drift, but it's part of the process.' So I'm aware that I'm drifting, but I'm grabbing a lot of stuff.
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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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I started rapping before anybody had ever bought a car from it. It was truly about the art form and the culture, more so than now, where it's a successful way to make money. Back then you had to be doing it because you liked it.
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It's jarring to live in a world where every person feels his life will only get better when you came from a world where many rightfully believe that things have become worse. And I've suspected that this optimism blinds many in Silicon Valley to the real struggles in other parts of the country. So I decided to move home to Ohio.
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The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.
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I'm in favor of any technology that makes my work available to the reading public at a reasonable price.
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Having children is what a woman is born for, really.
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We live in a society where nothing is sacred.
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A truth discovered always seems so plain and simple that we wonder why the discovery was so long delayed.
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Obviously, I don't live and die by it, everything my horoscope says. But I feel like there's definitely something to it.
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I'm convinced that what kids need today are parents - not buddies. They need someone who will exercise mature judgment.
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Racism kills people. It kills people!
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When it comes to running a business and interacting with people, you need to be very transparent.
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As the moral gloom of the world overpowers all systematic gaiety, even so was their home of wild mirth made desolate amid the sad forest.
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I am not a lonely person. I am happily married and not looking for companions on social media.
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Next to the ridicule of denying an evident truth, is that of taking much pains to defend it; and no truth appears to me more evident, than that beasts are endow'd with thought and reason as well as men. The arguments are in this case so obvious, that they never escape the most stupid and ignorant.
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When it's time for the revolution, I'm a click, click, click.
