Luther Campbell Quotes
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I've read quite a few readers' reviews of my book on Amazon, saying, 'Ah, he criticises the free market, he advocates central planning.' I don't do that for a minute! But this is our black and white, dichotomous way of thinking - which has really been harmful.
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
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No one should drive a hard bargain with an artist.
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There are no benefactors in Canada because there is no incentive.
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No critic writing about a film could say more than the film itself, although they do their best to make us think the oppposite.
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I almost laughed about the Machiavellian plans of the presidents of the United States.
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We believed that to understand literature, you had to understand its place in history and culture.
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In metros, girls are very independent, conscious and aware. But in the interiors of our country, where education is not given importance, they continue to be oppressed. But it is important for every woman to acknowledge what she wants from herself rather than going for what people expect from her.
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Everyone thinks when they start writing that they can't do it. I was lucky. My sister Delia was the most important person in terms of encouraging me.
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People have given me the freedom and believe in me enough to say if I want to do these things that I will find a way to make it work. I don't know if they think I'm crazy, drug damaged or just an old weirdo.
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I had written lyrics to a song called The Silent Extreme, which Alex later renamed Humans Being.
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There's no such thing as second class citizenship. That's like telling me you can be a little bit pregnant.
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We are a people in a quandary about the present. We are a people in search of our future. We are a people in search of a national community.
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You have to captivate and entertain if you want your message to get across.
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I started singing when I was five. I grew up the youngest of four kids who all studied classical piano, so you could say I've been listening to music ever since the moment of conception.
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I had heard about how people struggle and how hard it is to get into acting. But I did not care because it's something I love.
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I have never gotten my nails done.
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The more you consume, the more insecure you are. It's the nature of the world.
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We ought not to be embarrassed of appreciating the truth and of obtaining it wherever it comes from, even if it comes from races distant and nations different from us. Nothing should be dearer to the seeker of truth than the truth itself, and there is no deterioration of the truth, nor belittling either of one who speaks it or conveys it
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We cannot waste time. We can only waste ourselves.
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The names of Dingane and Bambata, Hintsa and Makana, Squngthi and Dalasile, Moshoeshoe and Sekhukhuni, were praised as the glory of the entire African nation. I hoped then that life might offer me the opportunity to serve my people and make my own humble contribution to their freedom struggle.
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I get worried sometimes that people are saying 'Why is she on television - is it because of Survivor?' That people are saying, 'She got here the easy way.' But I have been working hard all these years, and I figured I needed to move forward and embrace it, respect it and perfect it. If I didn't, then everybody would lose.
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Talking about things that are understandable only weighs down the mind.
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Goodness and hard work are rewarded with respect.
