Wendell H. Ford Quotes
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I begin to think, that a calm is not desirable in any situation in life. Man was made for action and for bustle too, I believe.
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I want people to get over the stigma about hemp. These seeds can't make you high, but they will make you feel good.
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It is more noble to give yourself completely to one individual than to labor diligently for the salvation of the masses.
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Dancing is the last sport with no sponsor.
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Look, you have to make mistakes. That's how you learn and that's how the world works.
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The thing I find frustrating about rock music is, how different can you make an acoustic drum kit sound, an electric guitar and vocals? It's very stuck, whereas with electronic music, new sounds are being created.
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You know what black hatred women feel toward me as soon as they see me, until I return inside my shell, they use every possible weapon. As soon as a generous man tries to help me out, a woman is here to hold his arm and prevent him from acting.
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Something that I've struggled with for awhile is looking at our country voting on sound bites, and to me, character is really important.
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You need the audience to go on the ride with you. You can't just isolate them.
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One of the enduring problems with certain societies in the world - and this is certainly true of a lot of places in the Middle East - is that the capacity for self-governance and self-organizing just isn't there. It has to do with history.
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Desperation is the perfume of the young actor. It's so satisfying to have gotten rid of it. If you keep smelling it, it can drive you crazy. In this business a lot of people go nuts, go eccentric, even end up dead from it. Not my plan.
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To mistrust science and deny the validity of scientific method is to resign your job as a human. You'd better go look for work as a plant or wild animal.
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The right of petition is an old undoubted household right of the blood of England, which runs in our veins.
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I really appreciate family. I really can't imagine life without them!
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I worked for Oprah Winfrey for two years right out of college in 2004. I was a director's assistant on the film 'Their Eyes Were Watching God,' which Oprah produced.
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There is hope and a kind of beauty in there somewhere, if you look for it.
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Look what Disney's done to their animation department. There wasn't an animator in charge of their animation unit!
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When I grew up, I thought I was Jewish. Now I don't consider myself Jewish. I consider myself a Kabbalist.
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I'm not a prophet, but I always thought it was natural for dictatorships to fall. I remember in 1989, two months before the fall of the Berlin Wall, had you said it was going to happen no one would have believed you. The system seemed powerful and unbreakable. Suddenly overnight it blew away like dust.
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The moment we recognize our complete weakness and our dependence upon Him will be the very moment that the Spirit of God will exhibit His power.
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Self-centered anger generates evil, but wrath at social injustice becomes the driving force for reform. Strong language that censures and combats a great evil often awakens adverse reactions from society, but this must not intimidate those who believe they are right. A lion is a lion because he roars.
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I'm always really curious about, you know, 'How do you deal with success psychologically?' and all this stuff.
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I will sing happy songs, and I do sing happy songs, but the stuff that's going to move me and going to make me close my eyes is always the blues.
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I have personally seen statements that were longer than some books I have read.
