Angela Davis Quotes
I’m a feminist so I believe in inhabiting contradictions. I believe in making contradictions productive, not in having to choose one side or the other side. As opposed to choosing either or, choosing both.
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Being on 'The Vampire Diaries' feels almost like a game you play when you're a kid. When I was a kid, I used to have to take the garbage out at night on Wednesdays. I lived out in the country. I'd take the garbage out, and I used to pretend that I was the only person in the whole world, except for one other person, and he was looking for me.
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Even a cock crows over his own dunghill.
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When you appear on the screen, often enough you become sexy, even if you look like an elephant.
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Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.
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I was the official wedding photographer at one of my best friends' weddings. Fortunately she was one of the most easygoing brides ever, so she made it easy for me.
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Immigrants use the library often. A lot of them don't have access to books and Internet at home. They seem so disconnected to the city.
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I want to be the coolest aunt in the entire world.
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Never eat spinach just before going on the air.
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Sexuality is one of the biggest parts of who we are.
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I've done the Rolling Stones eating each other.
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In Maryland, we have the unfortunate distinction of being the most gerrymandered state in the entire nation.
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I've always wanted to do charity stuff. I'm such a nurturer and love taking care of people.
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I have had strange animals as pets all my life. I was shy growing up, and shy people tend to interact better with animals than people. Animals are direct, not duplicitous.
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I was mainly influenced by the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Loretta Lynn, Merle Haggard, and others like Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash.
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No money on earth can buy the love and affection that has been given to me by a grateful nation.
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I am always excited about playing in front of live audiences because I really enjoy it, for the most part.
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You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
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You've got to realize. In the western world, regardless of what color you are, what title the music is, it's all played by the same notes.
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As a team, you need to come from behind every once in awhile just to do it. Good for the attitude. It makes it exciting. And when everybody knows you have to throw it... that makes it fun too.
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I connect music to the emotions that come from relationships, so most of the songs that I write are inspired by those circumstances, emotions, feelings, all that kind of stuff.
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Glee's good because it tackles the issues by embracing what's different, and telling people, 'That's what makes you special' - I think that's the underlying thing.
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I guess I don't believe that death is the end.
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I’m a feminist so I believe in inhabiting contradictions. I believe in making contradictions productive, not in having to choose one side or the other side. As opposed to choosing either or, choosing both.
