Baldwin Spencer Quotes
There comes a time when what is needed is not just rhetoric, but boots on the ground.
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When we have a good balance between thinking and feeling... our actions and lives are always the richer for it.
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The biographical novel is a true and documented story of one human being's journey across the face of the years, transmuted from the raw material of life into the delight and purity of an authentic art form.
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Having been governor of New Mexico, I know that legislation gets passed to benefit those who have money and influence. Then they buy more money and influence. That's one reason why, as governor, I vetoed more than 750 bills and thousands of line items. I did it to keep crony capitalism away from government.
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Queens perhaps perform better in the role of monarch because they never take their position for granted. Many kings have failed because they believed that the public would love them whatever they did. Queens knew better.
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I would very much like to become a best-selling author.
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How do you create chemistry? If only I knew that! Some people say it's a natural thing that you have with someone, and maybe it is to do with that, but I think you can work on it.
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In the wealthy industrialized nations, effective drug therapies against AIDS became available - AZT as early as 1987, then combinations of antiretroviral agents in 1996. The new drugs offered hope that fatal complications might be staved off and AIDS rendered a chronic condition.
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It would have been fun to have played Tim Robbins' role in Bull Durham.
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Back in the '70s - I remember the '70s: we were told there was global cooling. And everyone was told global cooling was a really big problem. And then that faded.
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I just don't see where I could possibly fit in directing a feature.
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I am really honoured, but if the prize had gone to Mahatma Gandhi before me, I would have been more honoured.
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The women I gravitate to are the ones who defy convention and reinvent themselves - hence, they reinvent the world around them.
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I have a brain and a uterus and I use both.
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I like Jaykae. He's a great artist, and I absolutely love Dr. Dre's album and a bit of Calvin Harris now and then.
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I remember before the Olympics, I was asked, 'What do you think you're going to do in the Olympics?' and I said, 'I'm hoping I'm going to win a medal, and, if possible, it's going to be a gold one.'
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The thing that bothers me about journalism is the false equivalency we sometimes place on certain issues.
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I think God just died of old age. And, when I realized that he wasn't any more, it didn't shock me. It seemed natural and right!
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I sailed through my childhood with a complete lack of any drama.
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A society is defined as much by how it comes to terms with its past as by its attitude toward the future: its memories are no less revealing than its aims.
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A good coach encourages the same type of resilience in the people they work with. They encourage them to take risks. If the risk results in failure, they help all people to learn from the mistake and then go on to try another way.
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I tell people all the time, the status quo is so untenable to me. Like, literally, I have no patience for it.
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I like to hide behind the characters I play. Despite the public perception, I am a very private person who has a hard time with the fame thing.
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There comes a time when what is needed is not just rhetoric, but boots on the ground.
