Henry David Thoreau Quotes
It was his peculiar doctrine that a man has a perfect right to interfere by force with the slaveholder, in order to rescue the slave. I agree with him. They who are continually shocked by slavery have some right to be shocked by the violent death of the slaveholder, but no others.
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I played competitive golf all my life. Then all of a sudden, when I quit playing the game, I've got all this spare time and this energy. And certainly I wasn't ready to pack up my bags and go sit in front of the television with a shawl on.
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I live in a 'sky island,' a unique mountain valley environment where half the animal species of North America can be found.
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The arms race is worse than it ever was, the dumping of creation down a military rat hole is worse than it ever was, the wars across the earth are worse than they ever were.
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Think and grow rich.
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Because with Black Label and all the fans it's just one big family.
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The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.
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Too often, I've put my career and helping others ahead of my own needs.
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A label's typical plan would be to put something out that's safer and get fans, and then push buttons, but my idea is to push buttons first, scare off the people who are gonna be scared off, and then the right people will like you for who you really are, and stay with you.
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I did not want to be the best black man of the year; I wanted to be the best man of the year.
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Being a decathlete is like having ten girlfriends. You have to love them all, and you can't afford losing one.
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Do what you are not supposed to do, like wear white shoes all year round.
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I am a compulsive and concise shopper.
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Why do I always choose the shopping cart with the squeaky wheel? Is it my bad luck, or are all the carts dysfunctional?
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I started working at the age of 2, doing commercials and modeling in New York.
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I love any excuse to come to New York - when it's not February.
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I don't like writing with real people in mind.
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The goal has been not to get pigeonholed. I like working in different genres. I'm gonna try to be entertaining and funny and do my usual thing.
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Zionism is a revolutionary process. And in a revolution, you must be ready not to think too much about sentiments or human weaknesses.
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We've got no hate for each other [in the band Stone Roses], and we never have.
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Nothing can be said: nothing sure, nothing probable, nothing honest. Better to err through omission than through commission: better to refrain from steering the fate of others, since it is already so difficult to navigate one's own.
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The bedraggled warhorse of American blowhardism.
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Love finds us young and keeps us so: immortal himself, he permits not age to enter the hearts where he reigns.
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The Indian who was laid under a curse, that the wind should not blow on him, nor water flow to him, nor fire burn him, is a type of us all. The dearest events are summer-rain, and we the Para coats that shed every drop. Nothing is left us now but death. We look to that with a grim satisfaction, saying, there at least is reality that will not dodge us.
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It was his peculiar doctrine that a man has a perfect right to interfere by force with the slaveholder, in order to rescue the slave. I agree with him. They who are continually shocked by slavery have some right to be shocked by the violent death of the slaveholder, but no others.
