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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I think that black people, to a degree, need to have a certain level of dexterity. If we want to be at the highest level of whatever our field is, we have to be able to navigate both worlds. We all just know that you gotta be able to put that suit on and have a conversation with people that don't look like you or your family.
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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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Now that I'm gone, I tell you, don't smoke.
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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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There is a point in the grieving process when you can run away from memories or walk straight toward them.
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No matter how high the powers of reason, no matter how deep the intellect, no one can discover God's secret messages without paying the cost of true discipleship.
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I must say, to my great surprise and pleasure, I deeply loved making movies in the United States because of all the opportunities it gave me to work with people that I admire as artists.
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You only get one chance at life and you have to grab it boldly.
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Duty does not require any person to submit to the destruction of his personal ambitions and the right to live his own life in his own way.
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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.
