Mahalia Jackson Quotes
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I think downloading is both saving and killing the music industry at the same time.
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Our higher education system is one of the things that makes America exceptional. There's no place else that has the assets we do when it comes to higher education. People from all over the world aspire to come here and study here. And that is a good thing.
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Funny is an attitude.
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I'm kind of a perfectionist, and it gets in the way with my putting sometimes. Golf is a messed-up game. When you feel you've figured it out is when you're going to struggle.
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We can't go to courts in China, so we have to find alternate ways, like working with brands to try and create a level playing field by identifying the most obvious polluters.
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Being spontaneous is a blessing.
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Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.
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My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
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On the whole, I don't like reading long books. I'm not a fan of 'Ulysses.' And I haven't quite finished 'War and Peace.'
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If small things have the power to disturb you, then who you think you are is exactly that: small.
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When my children were born, I didn't have them baptized because I felt baptism was about erasing Original Sin - something the Church said children got from their mother - and I absolutely refused to believe women carry Original Sin.
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Working is hard and distracts from having fun.
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I don't want to see blood spewing out but I don't mind it in controlled environment. Does it make me squeamish? No.
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As his talent expands, some of his stories become pointed social commentary; some are surprisingly effective religious tracts, disguised as science fiction. Others still are nostalgic vignettes, but under it all is still Bradbury, the poet of 20th-century neurosis.
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I was given away. If your mother gives you away, you think everybody who comes into your life is going to give you away.
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The first thing I went out for was 'The Sopranos' and I got it, so that's how it happened. I hate to say it like that because I wait for calls now.
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No one ever became, or can become truly eloquent without being a reader of the Bible, and an admirer of the purity and sublimity of its language.
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I do love getting dressed up, but sometimes it's glam and edgy mixed together.
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The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
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I think the more yellows, the more lights, the better. It alerts everybody. I mean, I guess I'm always a little bit afraid when the yellow comes out, we all get out of it, that someone won't notice it, pile into the back of you.
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Not knowing the thing that's chasing you is a lot scarier than seeing it right in front of you.
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I will do my best to dodge tonight's depression Hide in sleep Damage myself in dreams Wake up older, slightly more used.
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I usually have an immediate recognition of the potential image, and I have found that too much concern about matters such as conventional composition may take the edge off the first inclusive reaction.
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My hands, my feet, I throw my whole body to say all that is within me.
