Manning Marable Quotes
Gene Roberts, one of Malcolm's X chiefs of security, was an NYPD undercover cop. He later went on to bigger things by being a disruptive force inside of the Black Panther Party.
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Everyone thinks I land in a chopper on top of my building and I have the most cushy existence. Could you understand that I might have the most messed up life myself?
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Personal beauty is a greater recommendation than any letter of reference.
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The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind.
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I simply can't do one-word message replies: Yes. Ok. No. Sure. Cool. None of these are options for me. I must write something extra. Something personal. I put kisses and emoticons. Emoticons, by the way, are my very best friends. They have removed all the pressure of thinking up something personal to say.
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Horrible things happen when you run out of other people's money, and life and work becomes a burden when there is no reward for your effort.
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Ever since I was a kid, I wanted to make films. That's really all I ever wanted to do.
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It's nice not to be too boring.
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My first job ever was on 'Peak Practice.' I just had to walk up the stairs. They kept the take where I slipped slightly, which was annoying.
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I'm one of those foolish people who believe the glory days of the record industry aren't behind us. They're actually ahead of us.
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You must respect people, and you must respect money. My father said to me: 'When you respect money, money will respect you.'
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If the only thing you knew about Oman was its location, you might never go at all.
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I can't laugh, be happy, present myself at any prize and also win on the centre court.
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I enjoyed climbing with other people, good friends, but I did quite a lot of solo climbing, too.
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One thing you can't intend is how you will be read. I hear it said a lot that my books are about the 'search for identity', and this is said admiringly, as if I meant to encourage such a search.
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You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.
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I don't think God cares a whole lot about the outcome. He cares about the people involved, but I don't think he's a big football fan.
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Playing hard to get is not the way to win me over. I'm definitely more for the girl who can smile and laugh all the time and just have a good time!
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I grew up on Don Knotts and Jerry Lewis and all the guys from Second City.
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I have loved movies as the number one thing in my life so long that I can't ever remember a time when I didn't.
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Looking at it now.It all seems so simple.We were lying on your couch.I remember.You took a Polaroid of us.Then discovered (then discovered)The rest of the world was black and white.But we were in screaming color.And I remember thinking…
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You can make an argument that Bill O'Reilly is a conservative or a Republican. Bill's kind of unpredictable. Somebody might say that he would have been comfortable in the Democratic Party of Scoop Jackson.
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... name association was big, as were my presumed interests in vaudeville and politics. In St. Louis the Bow tie was characterized as 'very Charlie McCarthy', while in Chicago a young man defined it as 'the pierced eyebrow of the Republican party'.
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As I am from Hawaiʻi, the ocean is part of my culture and who I am. My ancestors were great ocean explorers.
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Gene Roberts, one of Malcolm's X chiefs of security, was an NYPD undercover cop. He later went on to bigger things by being a disruptive force inside of the Black Panther Party.
