Leon Gast Quotes

Foreman had annihilated every single one of his opponents to that point, but here was Ali, going to Africa, selling himself as the 'real deal' black man.

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• The only thing that's going to free Huey is gun powder.

  

  H. Rap Brown
  • Free
  • Gun
  • Going

• Everyone thinks I land in a chopper on top of my building and I have the most cushy existence. Could you understand that I might have the most messed up life myself?

  

  Karan Johar
  • Life
  • Up
  • Myself

• I think I would encourage leaders to start working with communities in order to inoculate angry, young teenagers.

  

  Maajid Nawaz
  • Think
  • Angry
  • Start

• Johnny Carson was a mean-spirited human being. And there are people that he has hurt that people will never know about. And for some reason, at some point, he decided to turn that kind of negative attention toward me. And I refused to have it.

  

  Wayne Newton
  • People
  • Attention
  • Hurt

• I am not a 'defender' of the September 11 attacks, but simply pointing out that if U.S. foreign policy results in massive death and destruction abroad, we cannot feign innocence when some of that destruction is returned.

  

  Ward Churchill
  • Death
  • September
  • Innocence

• I like hip-hop, but I don't like concerts. There's, like, sweat on people's backs.

  

  T. J. Miller
  • People
  • Like
  • Hip Hop

• But a city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time.

  

  Patrick Geddes
  • Time
  • City
  • Space

• If I go into the place in myself that is love, and you go into the place in yourself that is love, we are together in love. Then you and I are truly in love, the state of being love. That's the entrance to Oneness. That's the space I entered when I met my guru.

  

  Ram Dass
  • Love
  • Together
  • Space

• Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?

  

  Ramana Maharshi
  • World
  • Trying
  • Understanding

• It's not just that individuals have lost faith in the integrity of their leaders, it's that they no longer believe society's most powerful institutions are acting in their interests.

  

  Gary Hamel
  • Believe
  • Society
  • Faith

• I think movies lost a lot when they went to stereo and five-track sound.

  

  Sam Raimi
  • Think
  • Lost
  • Movies

• What bothers me, I guess, is when I get these messages from girls on Twitter, and they're like, 'God, you're my idol, I really admire you.' It's like, 'Admire me for what? What have I done?' It's not that being in a Burberry campaign, or walking in a Chanel show is nothing. It's just... I know I can do more.

  

  Cara Delevingne
  • God
  • Done
  • Me

• Richard Donner is one of the few directors in Hollywood that can make whatever movie he wants exactly the way he wants it. No one will stop him.

  

  Lana Wachowski
  • Movie
  • Way
  • Stop

• Wherever there's an all-encompassing 'always,' 'all' or 'never' in your life, it's a sign that your mischievous subconscious is setting you up for failure by consistently leading you back toward these repeat performances.

  

  Karen Salmansohn
  • Life
  • Up
  • You

• When my senior prom was happening, I was in Malta filming 'Troy.'

  

  Garrett Hedlund
  • Senior
  • Happening
  • Prom

• All too often the Democratic Party has taken the black vote for granted, and all too often the Republican Party has written it off.

  

  Jack Kemp
  • Black
  • Party
  • Taken

• I don't think I have the ability or patience to teach badminton to others.

  

  Saina Nehwal
  • Think
  • Teach
  • Patience

• My mom taught me the power of love. I learned to focus on the long-term big picture from my father. His sense of humor and light-hearted approach always make me smile. My husband is a pivotal anchor in my life. His influence encourages me to be independent and take risks.

  

  Padmasree Warrior
  • Life
  • Independent
  • For Her

• Sometimes it takes longer to create value, but if the companies generate more earnings, the stocks will ultimately reflect that.

  

  Nelson Peltz
  • Value

• Personally I like to imagine something the size of a baby hippo, the color of a week-old boiled potato, that lives by itself, in the dark, in a double-wide on the outskirts of Topeka. It's covered with eyes and it sweats constantly. The sweat runs into those eyes and makes them sting. It has no mouth, no genitals, and can only express its mute extremes of murderous rage and infantile desire by changing the channels on a universal remote. Or by voting in presidential elections.

  

  William Gibson
  • Running
  • Dark
  • Eye

• I wouldn't say Malkovich is totally insane, but he's not living in the real world. He's living in his world, which is a fine world to live in apparently.

  

  Martha Plimpton
  • World
  • Live
  • Real

• The more easily digestible and refined the carbohydrates, the greater the effect on our health, weight and well-being.

  

  Andrew Weil
  • Health

• The power of love is a strong thing.

  

  Max Minghella
  • Power
  • Strong

• Foreman had annihilated every single one of his opponents to that point, but here was Ali, going to Africa, selling himself as the 'real deal' black man.

  

  Leon Gast
  • Real
  • Black
  • Single