Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes
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I was an outsider, never quite part of what was going on, always looking in. It turned out to be great preparation for writing fiction.
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My comrades would call me a 'black capitalist.'
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Be passionate. Be courageous. Be your best.
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I have a love/hate relationship with just about everything, but certainly with America.
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I think that black people, to a degree, need to have a certain level of dexterity. If we want to be at the highest level of whatever our field is, we have to be able to navigate both worlds. We all just know that you gotta be able to put that suit on and have a conversation with people that don't look like you or your family.
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I walk around - people know who I am. I've got friends. I can make ends meet. I grew up around people who have been hustling from the start, so I think I've got a bright little future ahead of me - especially if I don't fight. Why would I want to go out there and fight with somebody, get my face punched and kicked. It's not my idea of a good time.
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The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.
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Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil.
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Takers believe in a zero-sum world, and they end up creating one where bosses, colleagues and clients don't trust them. Givers build deeper and broader relationships - people are rooting for them instead of gunning for them.
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I never said I was a genius.
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I want to keep a thread between the studio and the stage, and I want to flow more easily from one to the other.
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My real last name is Galifianakisburg.
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All of the agreed-upon pariahs throughout pop-culture history put their identities into the thing we decry. And yet we derive our own identities from the act of hating. We connect on the things we are disappointed in. Some may argue that nothing in history gathers a crowd like complaining about Lady Gaga's meat dress.
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There are lots of reasons for that gap between men's and women's wages but to me, the big one is the work-family issue. Trying to juggle children and a job is tough under any circumstances, but especially if you're shooting for the kind of career that involves long hours at work and being on call 24-7.
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All Americans are dependent for their energy on the Arabian peninsula.
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Voting in presidential and congressional elections is a national right - and the national government should protect it.
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There is a huge opportunity in the intermarriage trend. These are people who, if you show them how vital the community is and how great it is to raise kids Jewish, these people are going to raise their kids Jewish. Ultimately, that's all that matters.
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My children forgave me at a time when I could barely forgive myself.
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What I'm trying to do is save and rescue the country if I can, and I'm doing my best to do it.
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There is only one cure for gray hair. It was invented by a Frenchman. It is called the guillotine.
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If you want to be told what to think, well, I'm not in that business.
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If you're in a major city, there's a 25-year cycle. In Vegas, it's probably 10 or 15 years, except for those landmark places like Spago or Nobu. In Vegas, you have to reinvent yourself once in a while.
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Make yourself necessary to somebody.
