Tyson Beckford Quotes
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It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt.
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I'm a total people pleaser.
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I'm the most Colombian of the Colombians, even though I've lived 47 years outside of Colombia. I've lived 13 years in New York, and I never did a painting about New York. I've lived in France more than 30 years, and I've never painted Paris.
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Today, for the first time - and the Obama campaign showed us this - we can go from the digital world, from the self-organizing power of networks, to the physical one.
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I say I haven't lost my religion. I've lost my ideology.
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I used to get a shiver if I thought about holding balloons, because I was scared of floating away.
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Instead of locking people up and throwing away the key, it's important to invest in them and show them another way - show them what they can do, instead of telling them what they can't do. Because by investing in youth, we're investing into the future of this great nation of the United States of America.
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I'm aware that given what I've done in the past - and having a well-known parent - that people will be very quick to judge my path more than others, but I have to just not care.
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L.A. really doesn't feel like home to me anymore.
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My sister lived in England for a while when I was 12, and I came to visit her, and I spent most of the time in her flat reading.
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My song-writing has always been just about my life - usually my worst moments.
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Thirdly, even if we assume that the world is governed by purpose, we need only add that this purpose - or, if there are several, at least one of them - is not especially intent on preventing suffering, whether it is indifferent to suffering or actually rejoices in it.
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The idea of us telling a story where a character doesn't get everything he wants at the end is one of the relatable things - dealing with failures and missteps in life - and it's something that's so rarely dealt with in movies, especially kids' movies.
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My first trophy in France was the Young Player of the Year. I was 17. Chelsea is not just one player. It is not only me. We have signed a lot of players. Now we have some good signings like Cesc Fabregas and Diego Costa.
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I am a Shawnee. My forefathers were warriors. Their son is a warrior. From them, I take my only existence.
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For a long time, the for-profit world has told us in the not-for-profit sector to behave more like businesses.
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Giving subsidies is a two-edged sword. Once you give it, it's very hard to take away subsidies. There's a political cost to taking away subsidies.
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Open access is good, but we have to have ways and means where content that has been generated with a lot of effort and cost also gets the chance to monetise itself as is now beginning to happen in the West where some publications are really beginning to make their Internet revenue lines and subscription revenue lines quite significant.
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The world had ended, so why had the battle not ceased, the castle fallen silent in horror, and every combatant laid down their arms?
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The rocks are where they are- and this is their will. The rivers flow- and this is their will. The birds fly- this is their will. Human beings talk- this is their will. The seasons change, heaven sends down rain or snow, the earth occasionally shakes, the waves roll, the stars shine- each of them follows its own will. To be is to will and so is to become.
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With every adversity there is a seed of an equivalent or greater benefit for those who are motivated with positive mental attitude to become achievers.
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Never trust the artist. Trust the tale. The proper function of the critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.
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What free-market economists are not telling us is that the politics they want to get rid of are none other than those of democracy itself. When they say we need to insulate economic policies from politics, they are in effect advocating the castration of democracy.
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No matter what happens or what I do. I’ve always tried to remain open and positive.
