Ralph Abernathy Quotes
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I've always loved to dress up a bit and show off.
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There's not a liberal America and a conservative America - there's the United States of America.
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I live in the suburbs, the final battleground of the American dream, where people get married and have kids and try to scratch out a happy life for themselves.
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Movies are a big part of our Indian culture.
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Kids are taking music for free all the time. They have Spotify, Pandora... The record companies aren't making the kind of music that they used to make. Artists make their money on tours, not from album sales.
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I understand acting and I understand actors. I don't really understand the world of celebrity. That's just bizarre. Those sorts of elements I'm at sea with.
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We who curate our Twitter feeds and Facebook walls understand that at least part of what we're doing publicly, 'like'-ing what we like, is trying to separate ourselves from the herd.
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Through travel, you discover a new aspect to your personality. You discover things which you wouldn't seated in the confines of your home.
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English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education - sometimes it's sheer luck, like getting across the street.
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Customs form us all, our thoughts, our morals, our most fixed beliefs; are consequences of our place of birth.
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Authenticity means erasing the gap between what you firmly believe inside and what you reveal to the outside world.
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Someone once said that you can make the choice between getting old and getting creepy, and I think getting old is the way to go.
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My candle burns at both ends; it will not last the night; but ah, my foes, and oh, my friends - it gives a lovely light!
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There are people for whom Rangers Football Club is their entire way of life.
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I grew up in a Ukrainian Catholic-turned-Christian household, and that is my family's faith.
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I like having a bunch of different experiences. I don't want to do just one thing for the rest of my life.
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I don't really see myself as an actor.
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The simple things in life make me very happy.
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Actively deciding to give to causes that move you deeply is far more fulfilling than the momentary gratification derived from signing a check and mailing it to a nonprofit about which you know little more than what's on the brochure they sent you.
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Even in real life, I'd rather hang out with guys.
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All the time I was writing hit songs with my partner David Porter, I always had the yen to perform. Sure did. And when the opportunity came, I took it. The first album, 'Presenting Isaac Hayes,' didn't do so hot, but it was like a prelude for what was to come.
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It's good to have certain restrictions sometimes, but it's definitely more fun to play really loud, with distortion.
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The great artists of music have always innovated and boldly changed the game, but the industry itself has not.
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Everything I learned about the Great Depression was from a college textbook.
