Georgia Harkness Quotes
Persons who would never think of announcing boldly to the world, 'I am a scholar,' 'I am a great artist,' 'I am a beautiful woman,' nevertheless seem to think it wholly within the bounds of good taste to announce that they are Christians!
Quotes to Explore
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Execution as punishment is barbaric and unnecessary.
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Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is life itself, it is an insane way to live.
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Secretly, I think everyone who makes fun of California really does want to be in California.
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It's hard to have people talking about you and trashing you in the media and saying they think your career is over... and you are only 25.
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I took the position from day one that it was the right decree, that the modifications I made to the decree were proper, that the correct outcome had been obtained, and that in due time all of that would become apparent. And it has become apparent.
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We were only allowed to watch Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers and 3-2-1 Contact!
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I did some martial arts training for 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,' since the character was an assassin.
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The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath.
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By gnawing through a dike, even a rat may drown a nation.
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If Dana White can offer a contract that's not one-sided, and it's not cumbersome to the point where we look at it and realize that we can't fight for him, then we'll fight in the UFC.
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He is very upbeat but we hear that all the time from just about any athlete.
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One of the first albums that I remember, rap albums I remember really listening to, was LL Cool J 'Mama Said Knock You Out.'
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The music field was the first to break down racial barriers, because in order to play together, you have to love the people you are playing with, and if you have any racial inhibitions, you wouldn't be able to do that.
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Truth is on the side of the oppressed.
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Tackling still comes down to leverage and owning that leverage and making your hits.
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The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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I'm more interested in characters who are a little difficult.
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Men want to destroy the women: you've become bigger than me, people love you more, you have a public platform, that's my space you're taking up. I can't just divorce you, I have to destroy you.
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Business is business. You know how that works. Because stations run on ad money. If they're playing a gay artist, then ad money dries up. So they have to be careful.
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They were more severely infected than the men, because while men were always getting furious, they calmed down in the end; women, who appeared to be silent, acquiescent, when they were angry flew into a rage that had no end.
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Books are our umbilical cord to life. They connect us deeply, and with more meaning, to the world. They aren't about escaping from ourselves but expanding ourselves and finding within us the tools we need to survive.
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I had the opportunity, as a child, to grow up in a community center where I was exposed to theater, music, art, and computer science; things that I would have never had the opportunity to even meet had it not been for those people taking time out of their schedules, helping us as children to travel all over the world while sitting in a gymnasium. That's what I did before I was a musician, before I was a recording artist, I was a teacher and a community leader.
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Persons who would never think of announcing boldly to the world, 'I am a scholar,' 'I am a great artist,' 'I am a beautiful woman,' nevertheless seem to think it wholly within the bounds of good taste to announce that they are Christians!
