W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes
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I never understood the realism of an imaginary circumstance. While I was doing 'Smoke Signals,' I relied on my instinct and what I grew up with. I had this energy, but it was a one-dimensional thing.
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Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
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When I was a kid, I thought I was the strongest man in the world. Then, the fastest runner and then the smartest person in the world. One by one my delusions got shut down. Now I just see myself as the lamest guy in the world.
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Pakistan is not a rogue state, but it harbours and covertly supports rogue elements. While war is not the answer, hard or coercive diplomacy could be.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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In my experience an appreciative letter from a fellow writer means a lot.
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I think it's fun running with dogs. They're always so fit and fast.
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The greatest thing about being in a band, and the strength of having companionship and collaboration, is also the thing that makes a band break up because then you begin to feel confined. Like, who am I as an individual, as a writer, as a performer?
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I don't have a caustic sense of humor. What I find funny, that humor comes from a much gentler place.
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We never broke up. As long as I'm living and as long as Chuck D is living, Public Enemy is always going to be alive.
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'Idol' was groundbreaking television. I am very fortunate to have won the show at the time. 'Idol' changed my life, and I am thankful.
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I was born and grew up in Fitzgerald, way down in south Georgia. It was a mill town and my family ran the cotton mill. My grandfather was mayor many times and my family felt deeply rooted to that spot.
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I think slavery is the next thing to hell. If a person would send another into bondage, he would, it appears to me, be bad enough to send him into hell if he could.
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You numb yourself so you're not terrified when you're on TV at 7 o'clock in the morning with Justin Bieber, who you just met a couple of days before, having to perform in front of millions of people.
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I've done a lot of Super Bowls and appeared in a lot of big, big events and places and the Masters and what have you, but there was nothing as intimidating as speaking with Billy Graham.
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There are no rules, no models; rather, there are no rules other than the general laws of Nature.
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I believe in my music.
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Smell is a very animal thing, almost reptilian, where the more cerebral things like reading less so.
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You can meet lots of actors who are in their own world and do their own thing, and they have no idea what's going on and they don't know anyone's name around them.
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That's why I train the way I train. I don't like to lose.
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Is this really the church of Christ, or are we just calling it the church because of our traditions and history?
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I can trace my environmentally-friendly lifestyle back to my childhood. My father was a conservative Republican that liked to 'conserve'.
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Over in the UK and in Wales, it's nice to turn on the TV and see 'Baywatch.'
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I had a happy childhood and acceptance in the community.
