Bob Avakian Quotes
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Each person feels that he is an 'expert' in one or two fields and just the 'public' in all the others. But you know, probably, from experience that no one is really able to appreciate any display of ability in any field if he himself has not, to a certain degree, taken part in its problems and difficulties at some time.
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Do I favor the death penalty? Theoretically, I do, but when you realize that there's a 4 percent error rate, you end up putting guilty people to death.
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My dad's name is Vernon and my mom liked the initials, V. V. My sisters and I got named Victoria, Valerie and Vincent so we'd be V. V.'s, too. But, then when you start getting pets' names that start with a 'v,' it's a little embarrassing.
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I was not emotionally mature enough to accept any kind of success when I was young. I needed to go that long route.
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On one hand, it seems strange that a country that has suffered so much from violence and war would be debating if they want peace or not. But in Colombia, a part of society is deeply connected with the war as a means of making a living.
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I didn't and don't go to Internet for any business purposes. The book sales for me by this point are way beyond any influence I might have, positively, or others might have, negatively.
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The magic of landing my first role on Broadway went 'poof' in a matter of a few weeks.
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In all disputes between conflicting governments, it is our interest not less than our duty to remain strictly neutral.
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As a child, my mother told me lots of fairy stories, many her own invention. She, too, tended to reverse the norm.
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A melody is not merely something you can hum.
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Technology has changed things, same as everywhere. But the economy has changed drastically. When Jamaica first won independence, our dollar was stronger than the U.S. dollar. Now ours is about 90 to one. That's had a big impact on crime and poverty.
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I've followed the lives of great musicians and have learned that you don't have to always write in pain. You have all of your past experiences, feelings, and thoughts that you can turn on when you need them and turn off when you don't.
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When you have to get into the character each morning, give it your voice, your face, it was torture.
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The opening lines of a book are so important. You really need to somehow charm your reader. If you can't get her attention in the first pages, you may have lost her. There has to be an ambience.
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Society puts so much pressure on girls to look a certain way.
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Asthma doesn't affect me, even though I have it. It can seem like it wants to act up a little if I'm nervous before going on stage, but that's natural to many performers. If I think it's going to be a problem, I just reach for my inhaler.
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Subtlety may deceive you; integrity never will.
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I tried my hand at photography and worked with a studio for six months.
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My working-class Italian-American parents didn't go to school, there were no books in the house.
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If I was doing a musical, I would never listen to the cast album, because I wanted to do my version of something.
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With my voice and my band, I can do anything.
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I finally became a scuba diver at age 15 or so, and a couple of years after that, I attended a dive show that is held every year in Boston. It's the oldest one in the world and it's still going on - it's called the Sea Rovers.
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American Lives Are Not More Important Than Other People's Lives.
