A. Philip Randolph Quotes
I don't ever remember a single day of hopelessness. I knew from the history of the labor movement, especially of the black people, that it was an undertaking of great trial. That, live or die, I had to stick with it, and we had to win.
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I enjoy pushing my characters to the limit. No matter how far out there I go, I look for things that make the characters human.
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I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.
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It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.
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I see a deep connection between peace and change: peace always starts from within, for communities and people alike. The same is true of change: real change starts from within.
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I can give you a six-word formula for success: Think things through - then follow through.
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No good actor ever stops learning. He is constantly evolving.
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The regime is afraid of the people because it knows that free and fair elections will bring about its end.
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I like children; I like 'em, and I respect 'em. Pretty much all the honest truth-telling there is in the world is done by them.
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Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there.
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I love Dr. Hauschka's blue mascara. It's not so blue that it's like, 'What's wrong with you?' It's more like a secret that you're wearing it.
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I knew at a young age that I wanted to do comedy, and maybe part of that was trying to fit in at school because I had a weird name, and my parents had these accents, and I was definitely a late bloomer.
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I have such difficulty calming down - my stomach, my head, reality, everything. That is the reason I live in Faro.
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Losing feels worse than winning feels good.
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Of our relation to all creation we can never know anything whatsoever. All is immensity and chaos. But, since all this knowledge of our limitations cannot possibly be of any value to us, it is better to ignore it in our daily conduct of life.
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On Career Day in high school, you don't walk around looking for the cartoon guy.
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Furthermore, the slaves cannot be put into a more wretched situation, ourselves being judges, and the community cannot take a more lively step to escape ruin, and obtain the smiles and protection of Heaven.
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With instrumental music, it is traditionally hard to get exposure.
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It's weird when people come up to me and know stuff about my life. That sort of creeps me out.
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I always try to communicate to our people that we can never make enough money. We can never make enough profit.
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It's weird when people start sentences with 'frankly' - as if their other sentences don't count.
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I don't ever remember a single day of hopelessness. I knew from the history of the labor movement, especially of the black people, that it was an undertaking of great trial. That, live or die, I had to stick with it, and we had to win.
