Amiri Baraka Quotes
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We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the dark.
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I think the country is very settled in a lot of ways, and we saw that after the Democratic Convention. I think a lot of the bump that we enjoyed came when John Kerry selected John Edwards as his running mate.
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The rich don't win elections. They support the money, but what percentage of America are rich? What is it, 2 percent? But they all have one vote.
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I remember reading a 'Scientific American' article about the use of new physical techniques - including neutron scattering - as a method for unravelling the structure of the ribosome. I was fascinated.
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From a gameplay standpoint, I've said for years that hero, fiction, and tone have nothing to do with the idea that choices have consequences. And that's really what I'm interested in. I care about you showing how clever and creative you are.
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I think any actor in their right mind is afraid of getting pigeonholed.
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We are all the products of our own thoughts. Whatever we concentrate upon, that we are.
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I like films to be pure cinema, but I also like them to provide a snapshot of a family, a society or a character - something that can nourish you as a human being as well as an actor.
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Learning to read and write changes lives; it means jobs, money, health, and dreams fulfilled.
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Excellence is the best deterrent to racism or sexism.
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I had just 15 days to work on my body for the climactic fight of 'Bodyguard.' And I would work on every muscle of my body two/three times a week. I would have developed a superb body if I had three months, but squeezing it into 15 days can be harmful. Also, as you grow older, your metabolic rate slows down.
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Only one thing registers on the subconscious mind: repetitive application - practice. What you practice is what you manifest.
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People pay attention to artists and celebrities, so they have the opportunity to do something great with this limelight. I, for one, have no problem with Kanye running for president, because if it's something that he truly believes in and it can lead to greater good, why not? I'm all for that.
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I believe in the stability of my country. I believe in unity.
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Guys like Howard Stern, Bill O'Reilly, Jim Rome, Bill Maher, those are the guys I love and respect as broadcasters.
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The happiest days of my youth were when my brother and I would run through the woods and feel quite safe.
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As long as Hamas needs the support it could conceivably get from the international community through the Palestinian Authority, it has an interest in playing nice with Fatah. And Fatah has an interest in playing nice with Hamas because it needs some source of legitimacy on the West Bank.
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When my brother-in-law, BIll Clinton, was elected, he had gay friends. That was a coming out.
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Every kid has a bug period, I like to say, and I just got so fascinated and I had that experience, that wonderful life of being able to go out on my own without really any supervision at all. I just lucked out that way. I was trusted as a kid.
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If in previous decades large historic events drew people together and oriented them toward collective action, the recent double trend toward greater choice but less security leads the young to see their lives in more individual terms. Big events collectivize. Little events atomize.
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This country was built and continues to survive off the backs of immigrants and refugees.
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I played baseball as a left-handed first baseman, though never as well as I did quarterbacking.
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To name something is to wait for it in the place you think it will pass.
