Angela Davis Quotes
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I love the power of celebrity because you can give voice to the voiceless.
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I have worked with some great directors.
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This is my journey. If I fall, I have to pick myself up. If I'm not getting the playing time I want, it's up to me to figure out why.
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They didn't act like people and they didn't act like actors. It's hard to explain. They acted more like they knew they were celebrities and all. I mean they were good, but they were too good.
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Being evil is easy.
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Of all work-schools, a good farm is probably the best for motor development.
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When the Islamic revolution began in 1979 under the leadership of Ayatollah Khomeini, it aroused considerable admiration in the Arab street. It presented a model of organised popular action that deposed one of the region's most tyrannical regimes. The people of the region discerned in this revolution new hope for freedom and change.
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Science without respect for human life is degrading to us all and reflects a hollow and deceptive philosophy, a philosophy that we as a people should never condone.
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What I say or do here won't matter much, nor should it.
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If you have more money than your lifestyle, then you can either do something stupid or smart. That's not much of a choice. That's like saying, 'You are on the roof. you can either take the elevator, or you can jump.' That's not a choice.
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The best advice my dad ever gave me is that acting is believing. Acting is not acting. It isn't putting on a face and dancing around in a mask. It's believing that you are that character and playing him as if it were a normal day in the life of that character.
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Novels are longer than life.
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It's humbling and enthralling to know your legacy when you're alive.
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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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After all, it is style alone by which posterity will judge of a great work, for an author can have nothing truly his own but his style.
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The U.N.'s impartiality allows it to negotiate and operate in some of the toughest places in the world. And time and again, studies have shown that U.N. peacekeeping is far more effective and done with far less money than what any government can do on its own.
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It may easily come to pass that a vain man may become proud and imagine himself pleasing to all when he is in reality a universal nuisance.
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Having your second child, in case you were wondering, is a lot harder than having your first, except for those people who find it easier. I'm afraid I don't have the latest figures to confirm this.
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I find books that have a moral and spiritual center, that speak to what is really important and lasting, hugely appealing.
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The gay rights movement is not a party. It is not a lifestyle. It is not a hair style. It is not a fad or a fringe or a sickness. It is not about sin or salvation. The gay rights movement is an integral part of the American promise of freedom.
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Depending on the show, I've played a cop, a criminal, or a victim. So there's a range.
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The security of our country is not just a top priority, it's the top priority.
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They say that a kingdom is like a pyramid: the king on top and the people below. But in this country, it's upside down.
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What this country needs is more unemployed politicians.
