Althea Gibson Quotes
I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I just want to be reasonably successful and live a normal life with all the conveniences to make it so.
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The American dream is about freedom.
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If you say one gets influenced watching a character, I think it's foolish. Cinema reflects society; society rarely reflects cinema.
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Every dogma, every philosophic or theological creed, was at its inception a statement in terms of the intellect of a certain inner experience.
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You want to put out a TV show? If you have the money to do it on your own, by yourself, and you have a TV network, you can do it by yourself. But the nature of the beast is, art needs finance. That's how this industry works. So until the Internet becomes our source of entertainment - and watch it, I believe it will - this is how things go.
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They're always so serious, the orchestras, you know? It's always a fun contrast of that song and the genre of music. And me.
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Don't pay any attention to the critics - don't even ignore them.
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I want to do good stories, and I want to work with really interesting people. And if it's Noah Hawley forever, that's also amazing.
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The great thing about America is I've never felt like an outsider. I'm just a different piece of the puzzle.
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You know, I was a community activist, so I'm used to standing out in front of an elected official's office and protesting.
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As an inspiration to the author, I do not think the cat can be over-estimated. He suggests so much grace, power, beauty, motion, mysticism. I do not wonder that many writers love cats; I am only surprised that all do not.
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We ignore slow environmental changes unless they are crisis-driven, such as hurricanes in Florida.
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Human beings are a social species. We like to hang together in groups, just like wildebeests, just like lions. Wildebeests don't hang with lions because lions eat wildebeests. Human beings are like that. We do what that group does that we're trying to identify with.
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It's true that you need much time to get rid of the fat girl you once were, but you know I am sincerely grateful for my buttocks.
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The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has touched me deeply to see so many thousands of families, neighbors and friends celebrating together in such a happy atmosphere.
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I probably follow all sports a little bit. I like hockey quite a bit. I like football. I like college basketball when it gets down to March Madness. I like baseball. I enjoy them all. I watch them all.
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In the past, human society provided encouragement and opportunity for people to extend support to each other, especially in highly stressful situations.
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Now that I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke.
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In the Senate, you can become one of the nation's leading voices on the issues.
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Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.
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The CIA and the Mafia are in cahoots
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Pulsars are in an ideal part of the universe to test Einstein's theory of relativity - so far, it's holding up well. They may even one day act as navigational beacons for spacecraft. I'll never tire of them; they really are the most extraordinary objects.
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There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion.
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And as husbands and fathers and brothers, we have to step up - because every girl’s life matters. Every daughter deserves the same chance as our sons. Every woman should be able to go about her day - to walk the streets or ride the bus - and be safe, and be treated with respect and dignity. She deserves that.
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I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I just want to be reasonably successful and live a normal life with all the conveniences to make it so.
