Jackie Robinson Quotes
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Clinton has more important things to worry about. He not only risks being destroyed historically, like Afghanistan's Buddha statues; he also could end up going to jail.
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Free people make the only milieu possible in society for the full gift of one's self to church, state, and family. Free people enjoy and sustain and feel with one another because they live for one another. The paths of life are intermingled lives.
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Skin care is so much more important than makeup. Makeup is for when you're having fun and going out. But your skin is forever.
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All of the philosophers I studied were white (with a few Eastern exceptions), and, for that matter, they were all male. Africa, the cradle of civilization, seemed to have no footing in the highest form of human thought.
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My father was a lawyer.
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I love to push myself.
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Scoring the first 10 in history was a big deal, but the fact that even an electronic scoreboard could not figure out how to put out a score, it made the story more historic.
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The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story.
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I went from buying my own condominium and a car for myself when I was 17 on 'The Facts of Life' to not being able to pay my rent. I was at the unemployment office all the time. I had to sell my record collection just to make ends meet. And then I started getting these voice-over jobs.
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You have to believe that people don't want what you think they're going to like, you know? They want what you like. Once you start doing that, you actually start connecting with people.
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Acting is my number one, but dancing will always be a part of who I am and in my heart. I love doing stunts when they are a part of my acting.
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I don't think the Taliban will ever come back to take Afghanistan, no.
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Service to others seems the only intelligent choice for the use of wealth.
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I never pile a plate to the point where it overflows. I'd rather have a small plate with small portions and then get up for more if I'm still hungry.
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In Windsor in the forties, and even up into the fifties and sixties, if you were black, you had to sit in the balcony of the theatres, and you couldn't buy property in most places.
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I come from a poor family, I have seen poverty. The poor need respect, and it begins with cleanliness.
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I look around my house, and everything except the kids and dogs was made in China. And I'm not sure about the kids. They have brown eyes and small noses.
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I hate camping, but I love summer camp.
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I'm a huge fan of Ace of Base. 'The Sign?' I love that song.
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The professional must learn to be moved and touched emotionally, yet at the same time stand back objectively: I've seen a lot of damage done by tea and sympathy.
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I was prepared to stay at Fox through the end of my contract, ... Everything I have done has been totally consistent with my contractual obligations to Fox.
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Some people think they are worth a lot of money just because they have it.
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Dream on, but don't imagine they'll all come true. When will you realize... Vienna waits for you.
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This ain't fun. But you watch me, I'll get it done.
