bell hooks Quotes
Once you do away with the idea of people as fixed, static entities, then you see that people can change, and there is hope.
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In my district, the ports of Long Beach and Los Angeles handle approximately 44 percent of all of the goods delivered to American shores, yet they are in constant need of revenue for facilities, improvements and upgrades to roads and bridges and rails.
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This fanaticism is what feeds terrorism. And this is precisely why Muslims must play an active role in opposing hate sermons and incitement to terrorism and extremism in their mosques.
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My favorite thing to do is to wind those guys up by hitting on their girlfriends. I say, 'I think your girlfriend's gorgeous, but it's all right, I'm gay.' They get very nervous after a few minutes!
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On my mother's side, I'm English, so that's where the freckles come from. On my father's side, I'm German, and he has the fantastic olive hues... I was given mum's skin, whereas my brothers and sisters were given my dad's skin. I do tan up quite well, but it takes me a bit longer.
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I walk around talking to myself in accents. Usually people look at me like I'm a complete fruit loop.
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I'm not being offered a constant stream of wonderful parts with wonderful directors that would keep me away from the theatre. When they turn up, I do them.
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The first thing people say to me when they meet me is, 'You're so much skinner in person.' You have to live up to these standards that are so unrealistic. I try to tune it out.
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I think that it's important for every single person, no matter what they do in life, to participate in the well-being of humanity and the planet. Don't let a year go by knowing you didn't make an effort to do something - no matter how small - outside your own problems and drama.
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I'm just little me, an American who wants to see his country do better.
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And in the Second World War, you didn't just read about it in the newspapers because you weren't allowed to read it in the newspapers. It was all censored, you know? So nobody knew what we were doing.
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There is a strong sentiment within the Tea Party that favors a stronger America on the global stage, and with that comes a strong alliance with the State of Israel.
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At my father's request I took up the study of law at the University of Zurich In 1863.
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I am not one of these guys who works job after job after job.
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World War II has always been of great interest to me. I've known for decades that it was just one more war the politicians suckered us into.
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I had to start being aware of what I ate, what I'm planning to eat and take my twice-daily medication accordingly. That's not so difficult now, but when you're 10 years old, it's tough, let me tell you.
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The best song is what resonates with that one person the most. It's why, if you ask a million people on the face of the Earth, they're all gonna have different favorite songs, their own best song ever, because that's the one that touched them the most.
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The success of Torn was a bit too much for me. I took a year off and was still scared to start the second album.
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I love yoga and hiking - I think that's the perfect combo.
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There have been more books alone written about Hamlet than have been written about the Bible.
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We need a president that values the role of the states, will destroy ISIS and jumpstart the economy.
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In general, I don't care for scenes of copulation.Certain functions of the human body are bloody private.
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Have you read 'The Grapes of Wrath?' That was my family. My dad was a sharecropper in western Oklahoma. When the dust storms came and everything got wiped out, they came to California. The guys with the mattresses on the tops of their cars in the movie? That was the way it was.
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If America becomes militant, it will be because its people choose to become such; it will be because they think that war and warlikeness are desirable.
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Once you do away with the idea of people as fixed, static entities, then you see that people can change, and there is hope.
