Amiri Baraka Quotes
I was Everett LeRoi Jones. My grandfather's name was Everett.
Amiri Baraka
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I knew I didn't want to make a country record just because that's not really what I would have ever made as a solo artist.
Natalie Maines
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I found my style and how I like to do makeup from trying and failing and trying and failing again, and unfortunately, I had to do it publicly to figure it out.
Kat Graham
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When most people think of Woodrow Wilson, they see a dour minister's son who never cracked a smile, where in fact he was a man of genuine joy and great sadness.
A. Scott Berg
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I was never a big fan of horror. I got into it making these films, but I don't ever see myself doing slasher movies. The kind of horror film I like is 'The Shining.' I don't really like slashers, but I love thrillers with tension.
Caity Lotz
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Just this week, Syria broke off all relations with the United States military and the CIA.
Ed Markey
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Size matters in fiction, but so does lack of size. Everything else being equal, fat novels tend to be perceived as serious, very thin ones as more honest, more real. Writers address these age-old expectations by filling their big books with philosophy and cramming their little ones with feeling.
Walter Kirn
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I believe that every employee, from the CEO suite to the factory floor, contributes to a business’ success, so everybody should share in the rewards – especially those putting in long hours for little pay.
Hillary Clinton
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In many... cases, of course, the Arab Spring has brought about instability rather than greater stability. And rather than bringing about government that is more representative and more responsive to the people, you're seeing, frankly, the opposite, or you're seeing all-out war.
David Petraeus
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We owe it to his memory and the memory of so many other people who have been killed in the Lebanon, lost all their livelihoods, to ensure there is a democratic Lebanon and one which is fully sovereign within its borders.
Jack Straw
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Wojtyla was a warrior, who did more to end the Soviet Union than even America.
Oriana Fallaci
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Everybody puts on airs, regardless of race.
Keegan-Michael Key
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I was Everett LeRoi Jones. My grandfather's name was Everett.
Amiri Baraka
