Aldis Hodge Quotes
It's crazy: the first black man to actually step foot in America came as a free man, as an explorer, with the Spaniards. That's something for me - as a black American, it gives me a little bit of pride because we were free and respected somewhere else before slavery became what it was.
Quotes to Explore
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We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.
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I finally moved out of my parent's house. It was only fair to let my sister have her own room.
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Thanks to aid, a distressing number of African leaders care little about what their citizens want or need - after all it's the reverse of the Boston tea-party - no representation without taxation.
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I've always enjoyed the teen angst thing. I had a lot of teen angst as I was growing up, so I think I have a lot to say about it through characters before I have to move on.
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I think to have the skill set and the ability to physically help others in matters of life and death must be incredibly empowering.
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I have more of a desire to write songs about being an independent woman than being in love, songs about getting up and moving on even if I have a broken heart.
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I got addicted to Tetris, playing it in my basement, I was missing all these airplane flights over it. After the fourth one that I missed, I realized I needed to get rid of this thing - so ever since then, I don't play video games any more.
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I used to be obsessed with race. I'm more obsessed with class now.
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We need to protect the privacy rights of all Americans, and that means stopping the federal government from spying on the cellphones and emails of law-abiding citizens.
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I went to the Technion and studied with Avram Hershko. I found it more exciting than practicing medicine.
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I'm working on my new album right now. Hopefully to get that out at the top of 2005, January 2005.
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I wanted to pay tribute to my musical influences: Buffalo Springfield, Lightfoot, the Beatles, the Hollies.
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Competition on anything is good, because it makes everybody better.
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When I look at myself, I'd like not to have hair on the top of the ceiling.
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Once you're a Virginian, you're always a Virginian.
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Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.
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Maybe I'm the kind of athlete who absorbs the atmosphere instead of trying to block it out.
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Children like being a little scared, but they don't want to be disturbed.
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I grew up in a joint family of 60 people with one kitchen. So I am a firm believer in the family concept.
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I've been on such a losing streak that if I had been around I would have taken General Custer and given points.
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It's nice when people approach you to help.
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I am insecure. If you ask me, everybody is.
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What we are seeing in America is the creaky old age of an eighteenth-century settlement, deemed at the time to be the new flowering of humankind-come-of-age (the 'Enlightenment') and so deemed to be above revision. At this point the urgent need is for prayer and prophecy.
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It's crazy: the first black man to actually step foot in America came as a free man, as an explorer, with the Spaniards. That's something for me - as a black American, it gives me a little bit of pride because we were free and respected somewhere else before slavery became what it was.
