Baldwin Spencer Quotes
Two hundred years ago, our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom, which was heard around the world, and across centuries.
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Humor disarms people. It opens them up to starting a dialogue about things they wouldn't normally talk about. I don't understand how people who don't have a sense of humor get through life.
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Metro never really wanted me for anything. I was always the one who happened to be free when their first choice was not.
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The marketability, the success of a book, ultimately rests with whether or not people will find the concept/characters/title/cover appealing.
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Incommensurables cannot be compared.
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The training of younger generations is very close to my heart.
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My son, George, has been a bad, bad boy! Right, George?
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I think what television and video games do is reminiscent of drug addiction. There's a measure of reinforcement and a behavioural loop.
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I was in love with my wife and she was in love with me. We got along wonderfully.
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If I had to do it all over, I'd be more secluded about it.
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I really thank my parents for giving me the good sense to not get into anything wrong. There are many people around who like controversies, and I actually wonder how do they do it. I don't have the courage to get into controversies. There are people who love it; I find it silly.
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Russia is still the leader in world space exploration. But its position of leader involves great responsibility - we have no right to lag behind. We can and we must move constantly forward.
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Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there.
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The Soviet Union was a very useful ally in the defeat of Nazi Germany.
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It's great that people are interested in Mars.
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It requires wisdom to understand wisdom: the music is nothing if the audience is deaf.
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I am an ardent supporter of capitalism - but I also understand that while individuals have inalienable, God-given rights, corporations do not.
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Conflict drives fiction; no one wants to read a four-hundred-page novel in which everything rolls along smoothly.
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And I'm a pretty positive person - I don't put a lot of energy into worrying, and I'm not a person who lives in a great deal of fear.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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'Limbo' has been one of the greatest hits of my career. A great response all over the world, not just Latinos but people in Europe and America.
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I played a little bit of 'City of Heroes' - they have a really great character generation system. I was pretty impressed with that. I played 'World of Warcraft' with my kids. That's a lot of fun.
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As she read, at peace with the world and happy as only a little girl could be with a fine book and a little bowl of candy, and all alone in the house, the leaf shadows shifted and the afternoon passed.
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You're too young to let the world break you.
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Two hundred years ago, our precursors in Haiti struck a blow for freedom, which was heard around the world, and across centuries.
