Tavis Smiley Quotes

We - again, the, the, the, the bastardization and the demonization over the last few years of teachers and of unions and of collective bargaining, that is not the answer.

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• Ecuador is a country which defends the right to life.

  

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• The training of younger generations is very close to my heart.

  

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• Any time you get two people in a room who disagree about anything, the time of day, there is a scene to be written. That's what I look for.

  

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• Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

  

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• Sorrel adds a unique grassy sharpness to salads and dressings, but it can be hard to come by.

  

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• Plato's philosophy is a dignified preface to future religion.

  

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• Enforcement is the long overdue step to protect our Nation from external threats in a time of war. And then once we do that, we can effectively discuss a guest worker program.

  

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• I try not to see Woody Harrelson because he has become this big movie star, and it grates, so I try and stay away from him.

  

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• Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves.

  

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• All you have is yourself and what you have to present, and just focus on that. And if you can walk out of the audition and say to yourself, 'I hit all my beats,' 'I accomplished my emotional honesty,' or 'I remembered my words,' then that's winning.

  

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• If being a woman is a factor politically, it's usually not because of a conscious bias, but because women are a novelty.

  

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• I love reading religious authors. Especially in the sort of circle I move in, people tend to be more secular, and I love reading books by just really smart people of religious faith. It's always a really cool perspective.

  

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• Just because you have a learning difficulty or difference doesn't mean you aren't smart.

  

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• I couldn't find anyone doing something about the astounding injustices women were experiencing, so I decided to do something myself. I cannot tell you how many people ridiculed my efforts.

  

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• This is a world in which reasons are made up because reality is too painful.

  

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• If you see the NBA now, a lot of it is in transition. Most people now try to get an easy shot off in six or eight seconds before the defense gets set.

  

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• At the heart of my argument is the view that religious faith, far from being inevitably on the side of the status quo, should on principle hold this world to higher standards.

  

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• It is a well known fact that the majority of men today are relatively weak, whereas the struggle for existence demands now more than at any previous epoch that we should all be strong

  

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• I've met a lot of people since I was around four years old, some really big ones along the way, and I don't think I've met anyone who's as generous of spirit as Quentin Tarantino.

  

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• The fact is that five years ago I was, as near as possible, a different person to what I am tonight. I, as I am now, didn't exist at all. Will the same thing happen in the next five years? I hope so.

  

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• I'm really a pacifist.

  

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• We - again, the, the, the, the bastardization and the demonization over the last few years of teachers and of unions and of collective bargaining, that is not the answer.

  

  Tavis Smiley
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