Lorraine Hansberry Quotes
Don't get up. Just sit a while and think. Never be afraid to sit a while and think.
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I would happily have done any of the 'Bourne Identity' sequels. There are good sequels, but I'm not good at making them.
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Even in this globalised world, London is still the standard for our times. The city has embraced the world's diversity and represents the finest in human achievements.
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It was my mother's idea. Her feeling was that I didn't have the intelligence to pick a trade myself.
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If people get to the end of the record, then that is a treat.
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There's an obligation to not lead people down the wrong path, but I hardly think me wearing short shorts on stage is creating monsters.
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Industrialization starts with the formation of capital - it does not matter how. It can be created by saving, by the state enforcing its will on the people, by the very rich themselves.
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I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.
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I was raised with those principals and values and ethics that came out of the men and women that served. But this generation doesn't quite know; they haven't been tested.
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I'd open doors for anyone who opens doors for me.
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I like Jaykae. He's a great artist, and I absolutely love Dr. Dre's album and a bit of Calvin Harris now and then.
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There is always a mix of apprehension and excitement before you try songs out on a new audience.
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When you start to live your dream, it's not quite what you thought it was because there is a lot of overwhelming stuff that comes on top of it, and you have to figure it all out.
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It's very simple. You have to be faithful to your other half and not have secrets. That's my rule.
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Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.
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There are terrible things going on in the world, but I am not going to force them down everyone's throats.
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I adore the challenge of creating truly modern clothes, where a woman's personality and sense of self are revealed. I want people to see the dress, but focus on the woman.
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I grew up in the projects in Queens, and we were really poor.
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I grew up in the Ukraine and then I went to Paris in 1996. I went there because there was a modeling agency that invited me there to work so I thought, 'Sure.'
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In a prime-time address, President Bush said he backed limited federal funding for stem cell research. That's right, the President said, this is a quote, the research could help cure brain diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and whatever it is I have.
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When, instead of merely associating some act with some situation in the animal way, we think the situation out, we have a set of particular feelings of its elements.
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What crime writers are doing connects deeper into a cultural hunger. Crime is important. When you open up a book that has a body that's dead, that matters. It matters more than a certain level of suburban angst; it really does.
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When I was growing up, I watched every sitcom imaginable.
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As the Cold War melts into history, our first concern should be the preservation and extension of human rights and democracy.
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Don't get up. Just sit a while and think. Never be afraid to sit a while and think.
