Claude Brown Quotes
Despite everything that Harlem did to our generation, I think it gave something to a few. It gave them a strength that couldn't be obtained anywhere else.
Quotes to Explore
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Our concerns sink into insignificance when compared with the eternal value of human personality - a potential child of God which is destined to triumph over lie, pain, and death. No one can take this sublime meaning of life away from us, and this is the one thing that matters.
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They thought that I did conceive there was a difference between them and Mr. Cotton... I might say they might preach a covenant of works as did the apostles, but to preach a covenant of works and to be under a covenant of works is another business.
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It may well be that some composers do not believe in God. All of them, however, believe in Bach.
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Because I'm a woman, because I'm a character actress, because I'm over 40, I'll be very interested to see, not just for me but for other actresses, how Hollywood treats us in the next ten, fifteen years. I'm hoping that it's not going to be so easy to shove people under the rug, as they have in the past.
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Feminism has had exactly the same problem that "political correctness" has had: people keep using the phrase without really knowing what it means.
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It's important that we invest in America - literally. The terrorists wanted to destroy our economy, and we can't let our system fall apart. We also have to invest in one another.
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Prostitutes are in no danger of finding their present life so satisfactory that they cannot turn to God: the proud, the avaricious, the self-righteous, are in that danger.
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My old father used to have a saying: If you make a bad bargain, hug it all the tighter.
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Learning is the beginning of wealth. Searching and learning is where the miracle process all begins. The great breakthrough in your life comes when you realize it that you can learn anything you need to learn to accomplish any goal that you set for yourself. This means there are no limits on what you can be, have or do.
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Perhaps I really regard myself as an intelligent man only because throughout my entire life I've never been able to start or finish anything.
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If ever there was a book calculated to make a man in love with its author, this appears to me to be the book.
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Anger's my meat. I sup upon myself, And so shall starve with feeding.
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Early on I decided that I was going to lie to the press. The best approach to talking about my personal life was to lie.
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In retrospect, golf for me was an apparent attempt to emulate the person I looked up to more than anyone: my father. He was instrumental in helping me develop the drive to achieve, but his role, as well as my mother's, was one of support and guidance, not interference.
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Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities.
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Despite everything that Harlem did to our generation, I think it gave something to a few. It gave them a strength that couldn't be obtained anywhere else.
