Angela Davis Quotes
My name became known because I was, one might say accidentally the target of state repression and because so many people throughout the country and other parts of the world organized around the demand for my freedom.
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My parents came to see me in a play at Eton when I was 16. And then, when I said I wanted to try for drama school, they knew there was enough passion there for them to be brave and back me.
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I recognize that I'm probably the luckiest novelist in recent memory, because Sherman Alexie, a writer I greatly admire, raved about my book on 'The Colbert Report,' and then Mr. Colbert himself urged his viewers to buy it - on his show and on Twitter.
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If we could all figure out a way to just be true to ourselves and have a good time doing what we're doing, it would be a lot more fun.
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What I'm trying to do is save and rescue the country if I can, and I'm doing my best to do it.
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If you worried about falling off the bike, you'd never get on.
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So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
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I drink a fair amount of ramen noodles.
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I developed my training routine going into my senior year at Jackson State. I found this sandbank by the Pearl River near my hometown, Columbia, Miss. I laid out a course of 65 yards or so. Sixty-five yards on sand is like 120 on turf, but running on sand helps you make your cuts at full speed.
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What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people that is more diverse and inclusive.
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I feel like I flunked at adolescence really badly. I found it really difficult.
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The main thing is to make history, not to write it.
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All of the characters in my films, they share one commonality. It doesn't matter whether they are good or bad, it doesn't matter whether they are smart or stupid, these characters all take responsibility for their own behavior. I'm much the same.
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Rarely in broadcasting history has so much been riding on the whimsical flick of a few thousand wrists.
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Fighters today are much bigger, stronger and quicker and not only that but referees, judges and doctors back then were very strict and if your head got busted up the fight would be stopped.
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Hollywood would make a holocaust an animated comedy if people would pay to see it; they don't care... they just want your money.
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You get steely nerves playing poker.
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All people, regardless of whether they're athletes or not, should treat people the way they want to be treated.
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Newark might be one of few the places where the politics is tougher than even Brooklyn.
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Versatility is one of the few human traits which are universally intolerable. You may be good at Greek and good at painting and be popular. You may be good at Greek and good at sport, and be wildly popular. But try all three and you’re a mountebank. Nothing arouses suspicion quicker than genuine, all-round proficiency.
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Nature is not our enemy, to be raped and conquered. Nature is ourselves, to be cherished and explored.
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I'm lucky enough to do what I like for work - not everyone's that fortunate.
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Always do what you are afraid to do.
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I was so fortunate to work closely with the designer Nolan Miller whilst on 'Dynasty' to create the wardrobe for Alexis Carrington Colby, and we had great fun sourcing outfits.
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My name became known because I was, one might say accidentally the target of state repression and because so many people throughout the country and other parts of the world organized around the demand for my freedom.
