W. E. B. Du Bois Quotes
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One of my strengths is connecting with the players.
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I work so hard, but... everything just goes my way! It's insane!
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Democrats should insist that a pluralistic democracy such as ours rely on bipartisanship in formulating a foreign policy based on moderation and the nuances of the human condition.
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The new technologies that we see coming will have major benefits that will greatly alleviate human suffering.
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I guess I'm way too kind and generous, and a saint - if you can believe that!
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I've often said that there's no one thing that I do or have done that is particularly unique. There have been a lot of other authors who were in the military. There have been a few others who were pilots. There have certainly been a lot of other people who were in politics or served congressional staffs.
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I was a bit odd. I read books and wanted to draw and go to art school.
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I started making music for fun, but I had two parents who were very much in the business. I didn't run around trying to get the spotlight. I was very shy. I never sang in front of people 'til I was about 17 years old.
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Here's what I have at my advantage: I've never been a personality. I've always been a character actor.
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Once a Cubs fan, always a Cubs fan.
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Crankiness is a human attribute that, when people walk in the door of Xerox, they remain human. The best way to get the best out of people is to not force them to be something other than they naturally are. Now what do they have to be? They have to be respectful. You can't be ridiculously disrespectful.
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I'm 42 and the age of a guy who has kids, so I guess I'm playing right where I'm supposed to be. I'm comfortable with that, but in the same breath I'd do something edgy. If someone came to me and offered me an edgy and funny story, then I'd do it.
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I never went to stage school or anything like that. It was always plays, productions at school and things like that. The thing for me with acting was it was the only thing I could fully concentrate on. I loved playing sports. I didn't really love studying.
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Sex education is legitimate in that girls cannot be taught soon enough how children don't come into the world.
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We cannot afford idleness, waste or inefficiency.
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No matter what job you do, we all have a much different life than our parents had. My parents' generation had one job and then they retired. Now, people have many different jobs.
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Being an entrepreneur is my dream job, as it tests ones tenacity.
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I could have probably been just as successful by not going to college, but it was the most intellectually stimulating environment that I was ever in.
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Perhaps because my background is theatrical, I have a great affinity with the classics. Hamlet has always been a character of great interest to me and a character I would really love to play. Or a character in a Tennessee Williams play, maybe Tom in 'The Glass Menagerie.'
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In the beginning, I was searching for myself in my music. My music was for me. I didn't have the mental room to be conscious of the listener; I wrote to save myself.
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Every genuine work of art has as much reason for being as the earth and the sun.
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Every man should have a college education in order to show him how little the thing is really worth. The intellectual kings of the earth have seldom been college-bred.
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Whenever I see a nighttime picture of Earth from space, with its glowing lights, I am stirred by its beauty.
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There is but one coward on earth, and that is the coward that dare not know.
