Lucius Annaeus Seneca Quotes
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We are presented with a unique situation in the black community in that we have embraced the beauty of hip hop, the real rawness of it, the real fun of it, but we also have to address the damage it has done. We have to look at what it's done to our black girls, especially when it comes to domestic violence.
Tamron Hall
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My folks were drunks, and I had a rough childhood - really rough - in fact, rougher than I thought about.
Gary Paulsen
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You can be an Olympic champion in 9.5 secs, but to be the greatest, there's more to it. It takes a bit of forethought and a lot of mental application.
Daley Thompson
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Phrases that have historical significance or become headlines don't just magically appear in the moment. They are mindfully planned.
Nancy Duarte
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Some people call it the 'Al Jazeera spirit' - courage, re-thinking authority, giving a voice to the voiceless. We have never been favored by the authority. The human being is the center of our editorial policy. We are not a TV station that rushes after stars, big names, press conferences, hand-shake journalism.
Wadah Khanfar
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Stronger by weakness, wiser men become.
Edmund Waller
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I have a chart for success at school because it gave me a great deal of pleasure. It opened my mind to the world. I learned to read.
Najat Vallaud-Belkacem
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I've come to feel that if I can't make something happen in under an hour and a half, it's not going to happen in a compelling way in a three-hour play.
Sam Shepard
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I've always been a bubbly and energetic and happy person, but when I get upset, I get frustrated; when someone makes me mad, I definitely have a temper, and I've had to deal with having a temper my whole life.
Paige VanZant
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At some point, all comics have to go out and be retail salesmen doing door-to-door. And this idea of somebody who totally knows their craft having to get up for free in front of a crowd to work out some stuff they're thinking in their head, still, after as much success as you can get, is really interesting.
Ira Glass
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My grandad was a miner. My father, brother, and uncles all work in industry.
Faye Marsay
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I'm a firm believer that in the theory that people only do their best at things they truly enjoy. It is difficult to excel at something you don't enjoy.
Jack Nicklaus
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It's so important to have manners and treat people from all walks of life the way they should be treated.
David Beckham
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When a woman has her first child in places like Africa, they're really young. They can be 12, 13,14, so their frames are really small, and they're usually malnourished.
Liya Kebede
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very concerned indeed about the human rights situation.
Jack Straw
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[from the television show,"Evade the Question Time"]At the end of the first round, I will award three points to Mr. Kaine for an excellent nonspecific condemnation, plus one bonus point for blaming the previous government and another for successfully mutating the question to promote the party line. Mr. van de Poste gets a point for a firm rebuttal, but only two points for his condemnation, as he tried to inject an impartial and intelligent observation.
Jasper Fforde
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Every man prefers belief to the exercise of judgment.
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
