bell hooks Quotes
I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance.
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I'm a choreographer and I love watching 'The Bachelorette.'
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It's the 21st century. It's healthier for us, better for the environment and certainly kinder to be a vegetarian.
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I used to think I had ambition... but now I'm not so sure. It may have been only discontent. They're easily confused.
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I do not believe any president can bind a successor president to give up his fundamental role as protector of the country.
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I've got a PowerPoint deck that I use for internal presentations, and there's a slide on it that asks, 'What percentage of your game is combat versus exploration versus puzzle solving versus platforming,' and I refuse to answer that question.
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I don't need drugs to make my life tragic.
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PCR made it easier to see that certain people are infected with HIV.
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I believe in reincarnation of the soul.
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Democracies can't handle austerity measures very well.
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All the old great companies were run by guys who knew what an animator meant, and guys who knew how to draw. All the companies today are run by executives.
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In the Senate, you can become one of the nation's leading voices on the issues.
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And also I didn't want my future to be just sitting in a room and be imprisoned in my four walls and just cooking and giving birth to children. I didn't want to see my life in that way.
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Capitalist systems function less well without state protection of investors, lenders, and companies against monopoly, deception, and fraud.
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And a third thing is the understanding of the Church as a community, a communion which is just a hierarchy but the people of God, whose servants are the priests and bishops.
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If you can tune into your purpose and really align with it, setting goals so that your vision is an expression of that purpose, then life flows much more easily.
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Man, 'Hill Street Blues' was on when I was 12, and I remember feeling I'd never seen anything like it. It was that far ahead of its time, with dark characters you loved. I remember Ed Marinaro, the football star.
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Too clever is dumb.
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The year I turned 16, I spent the weeks before Christmas dropping hints to my parents about how much I wanted - no, needed - my own transportation.
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I'd horsewhip you if I had a horse.
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Whatever it is, / I cannot understand it, / although gratitude / stubbornly overcomes me / until I'm reduced to tears.
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The first rule of making progress in anything you do is setting goals, allowing yourself to always have a finish line in sight. This provides a boost in motivation during those moments when slogging forward seems impossible, giving you something tangible to work towards at every moment.
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Haiti is my country. The same way the Beatles are received in England - that's how Wyclef Jean is received in Haiti, do you know what I mean?
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If you're a black kid, you're going to have hell in your life.
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I will not have my life narrowed down. I will not bow down to somebody else's whim or to someone else's ignorance.
