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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Here is the simple but powerful rule... always give people more than they expect to get.
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When I'm off the golf course, and my wife and I have free time, which is not very often, we really enjoy movies. I'm a movie nut; she might even be more so. Holiday in our house is the Oscars.
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Writers themselves benefit from all helpful information about their task and methods. Readers, in turn, can have both their understanding and appreciation of literature enhanced by information about the writer's work.
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We have the idea that God is going to do some exceptional thing- that He is preparing and equipping us for some extraordinary work in the future. But as we grow in His grace we find that God is glorifying Himself here and now, at this very moment. If we have God’s assurance behind us, the most amazing strength becomes ours, and we learn to sing, glorifying Him even in the ordinary days and ways of life.
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It's always been something I've been searching for - freedom. It's a very relative thing. It means different things to different people.
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Goodness and hard work are rewarded with respect.
