Effa Manley Quotes
People say, 'Don't live in the past.' But I guess it depends on how interesting your past is.
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I'm not as goal obsessed as I am process obsessed.
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As a child, I remember my dad would sometimes drive me into town with him to play pinball machines together. It's a bittersweet memory but also a favorite.
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I had cottage cheese for lunch and a glass of wine when I got home tonight.
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I support many organizations that I feel are doing the right thing, like Alonzo Mourning's foundation, Alicia Keys' foundation, the Make-a-Wish Foundation, and other well-established foundations. I kick out a lot of time and money wherever I can.
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Being at the Apollo, I was always starstruck.
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I will never support any tax increase on middle-income earners, ever... If you're not going to eliminate loopholes and exemptions, then I wouldn't support lowering rates.
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You can't tolerate anybody attempting to threaten or intimidate your body. You must respond with force.
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I changed that system in Florida when I was the Speaker of the House - I was the Minority Leader; I saw for 16 years the way a power system works.
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Always just remember that you can never know all; you're always going to be learning; there's always going to be something new. I don't think you'll ever have it all figured out.
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Anyone can train to be a gladiator. What marks you out is having the mindset of a champion.
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I'm a very simple man. You've got to have, like, a computer nowadays to turn the TV on and off... and the nightmare continues.
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Some people don't like long bus rides, but I love them. There's sort of a sense of solitude.
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I've had a few ditty hits.
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Life is such a tragicomedy.
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People just get kicks out of making other people sad.
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I have to be working, doing things. That's the way I grew up and the way I was taught.
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I've never graced the cover of a fashion magazine.
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Equipped with two cell phones - one for work and another for home - I like to think of myself as a kind of 21st-century digital pioneer, ready to network, fax, page, e-mail and - oh, yes - talk at will.
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For me he's just a hoax. It's empty. It's not interesting. It's dead. Citizen Kane, which I have a copy of - is all the critics' darling, always at the top of every poll taken, but I think it's a total bore. Above all, the performances are worthless. The amount of respect that movie's got is absolutely unbelievable.
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I just want to be like other people that are normal.
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I've always been self-motivated, but I can't take a ton of credit for any success I've had.
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Twenty years I've been fighting Ali, and I still want to take him apart piece by piece and send him back to Jesus.
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People say, 'Don't live in the past.' But I guess it depends on how interesting your past is.
