Marian Anderson Quotes
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Let us remember we are all part of one American family. We are united in common values, and that includes belief in equality under the law, basic respect for public order, and the right of peaceful protest.
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I believe that stories find writers, writers don't find stories. With the 'Pendragon' series, I actually had multiple story ideas and decided that instead of writing them individually, I would create a character whose journey would thread them all together.
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I taught Sandra Bullock when no one knew who she was. I talked her out of quitting. I put her in a showcase.
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We were these arty punks from Hollywood. I considered myself an intellectual.
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If you're going to make a sequel to 'Sicario', you have to - you know, you've got to go beat a brand new path.
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I went from 118 pounds to 135 pounds in a few months. But, I still didn't know anything about food.
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I think I would like to have lived in the 1930s and worn beautiful bias cut dresses all the time.
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What is wrong with George Bush? What is his problem?
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Writing is not a matter of choice. Writers have to write. It is somehow in their temperament, in the blood, in tradition.
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I suppose I am one of those lucky people who eats what they like and doesn't gain too much weight.
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I love baseball, and the door remains open.
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War can only be abolished through war, and in order to get rid of the gun it is necessary to take up the gun.
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The heavier crop is ever in others' fields.
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My father was overbearing. Very controlling. He was always the way he is, even before my success. He was not always a good person. He'd play mind games to make sure I knew my place. I don't see him, which is unfortunate. But I don't have any desire to see him. I vaguely know where he is, and I don't want to know.
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I have great admiration for the way the Americans do business. They drive a hard bargain, but once they do it, they stick to their contracts.
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There's nothing wrong with looking like a woman and going in the workplace and doing everything a man can do but looking 1,000 percent like a lady.
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The chemistry that you get from living with your band and creating music and recording with your band translates to the stage.
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The Soviet Union has indeed been our greatest menace, not so much because of what it has done, but because of the excuses it has provided us for our failures.
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The idea of a musical comedy was something we had had in mind for many years, but the project 'Igudesman & Joo: A Little Nightmare Music' has a history that goes back five years. I can say that this is the most successful project that we have ever done.
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The best players I have seen and known have confidence in their teammates. They know that basketball's not a one-man game. That confidence brings out the best in everybody, because it's contagious.
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Men are disturbed not by things, but by the view which they take of them.
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It’s easier to hold to your principles 100% of the time than it is to hold to them 98% of the time.
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Sadness to me is the happiest time, When a shining city rises from the ruins of my drunken mind. Those times when I'm silent and still as the earth, The thunder of my roar is heard across the universe.
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You lose a lot of time, hating people.
