Alveda King Quotes
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The Sundance Institute has been vital to the film communities of Latin America.
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I think that one of the primary roles of an attorney, and certainly we try to teach it here to our students, is that you counsel compliance with the law. The lawyer, more than simply being a mouthpiece for the client and advocating at whatever cost the client's interest, is also an officer of the court in questions that appear before the court.
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My house looks like it was decorated by a 14-year old with a platinum American Express card.
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I play Nitin Sawhney's 'Letting Go' repeatedly, nonstop. I find it transformative. I'm so glad iPods were invented so I didn't have to drive everyone around me mad with the repetition.
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You look in my room and it looks neat enough, but if you dared to look under my bed or in my closet, oh what a mess!
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When I'm making music, I can hear all the parts, all the instruments. I can hear what it should be.
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I'm associated with gospel music in the minds of millions of people.
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I am very lucky I got fans, and I interact with them personally. I know that they have poured their love on me unconditionally, and all I can do is work hard and be kind to them.
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God doesn't know things. He is things.
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The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.
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Everyone has noticed how hard it is to turn our thoughts to God when everything is going well with us... While what we call 'our own life' remains agreeable, we will not surrender it to Him. What, then, can God do in our interests but make 'our own life' less agreeable to us, and take away the plausible sources of false happiness?
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Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.
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You can never fully put your finger on the reason why you're suddenly, inexplicably compelled to explore one life as opposed to another.
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Using a dog as a narrator has limitations and it has advantages. The limitations are that a dog cannot speak. A dog has no thumbs. A dog can't communicate his thoughts except with gestures.
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I'm always singing and dancing and getting up in people's faces.
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For my life, I need to make my own choices.
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I've been saying for years that readers want inexpensive ebooks.
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'The Simpsons' money got bigger and bigger. When I left 'The Simpsons', no one thought that this thing was going to still be around. It's the cumulative effect. It's like, 'Oh my God, 25 years later, and it's still coming in.'
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We Americans are mildly interested, of course, in reading about the discovery of radium by Madame Curie, but what we really yearn to know is the name of the uncommemorated French female who first mixed a sauce bearnaise.
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I listen to jazz mainly. Mainstream jazz.
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I've been very competitive by nature from a young age, whether it was eating a bowl of pasta faster than somebody else, or always wanting to be the first one in line.
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It is justice, not charity, that is wanting in the world.
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When I was at youth theatre and drama school, I never thought people would mistake me for a stand-up.
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Justice means that we want life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness for all people.
