Ted Shawn Quotes
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While hereditary chiefs inhabit the apex of our traditional social systems, it would be a mistake to think they hold all the power. They aren't kings. They aren't dictators. They're answerable to their clans and their matriarchs. All decisions that affect our communities require lengthy, deliberate discussions and careful negotiation.
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We learn martial arts as helping weakness. You never fight for people to get hurt. You're always helping people.
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The first book I sat down to write was an historical romance. It was really bad and thankfully no one ever saw it.
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Palestinian propagandists can say and do anything they please without concern for the truth, in the belief that if they repeat it often enough it will simply become the truth.
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If North American musicians would only know how uncomfortable life is for European musicians.
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I think if a horror movie is really scary, you'll think about it for weeks, and there's something kind of fun about that - about our art, really.
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Terrorism should be seen in the light of the country's security and not from the narrow perspective of caste, creed and religion.
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When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
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The Enlightenment, the Age of Reason, is seen as the beginning of modern depravity.
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I don't want to be the policeman of Lebanon. It's not the business of Israel. Israel was not created to serve as a policeman of the region.
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Do I favor the death penalty? Theoretically, I do, but when you realize that there's a 4 percent error rate, you end up putting guilty people to death.
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I fell in love with New York at some indeterminate point in my early years.
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September 11 was a wake-up call to me. I don't want to contribute to the hate in any shape or form. I now regret in the past being silent about what I have heard in the Islamic discourse and being part of that with my own anger.
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I'd definitely be up for 'EastEnders.' Just the same as I would if 'Coronation Street' was offered. Either way, it would be like going back to my roots.
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Where radio is different than fiction is that even mediocre fiction needs purpose, a driving question.
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Dr. Dre, my oldest brother, he paved the way for me and Snoop to get a chance to get into the studio. I asked him to show me how to work the MPC-60... I was about maybe 17, 18, right around there.
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America preaches integration and practices segregation.
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I've been noticing gravity since I was very young.
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I hate cardio; I hate to go for a run. I hate physical things. But Jiu Jitsu is fun because its self-defence and you get some good cardio.
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Hard science gives sensational results with a horribly boring process; philosophy gives boring results with a sensational process; literature gives sensational results with a sensational process; and economics gives boring results with a boring process.
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Raising children is like making biscuits: it is as easy to raise a big batch as one, while you have your hands in the dough.
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We'll make our voices heard loud and clear on the importance of cost-based power.
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The smartest people in the world are not in charge, they work for the action takers.
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I believe that dance has the power to heal, mentally and physically.
