James Brown Quotes
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It's interesting that one of the definitions of the word 'human' is 'sympathetic.' More and more people are beginning to show that they understand why that is important.
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My activism and sexual revolution in New York was a factor.
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Japanese businesspeople and companies are lacking in individuality.
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One of the ideas that I wanted to highlight, which is actually a very bipartisan idea - it's not just about conservatives - is this worship of wealth, the CEO saviour.
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I like bangers and really testosterone-fueled stuff.
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In time we grow older, we grow wiser, we grow smarter, and we're better. And I feel like I'm becoming more seasoned, although I don't have my salt-and-pepper hair.
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In the '70s... there were rock players, and there were jazz players.
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It was mostly through pop culture, through hip-hop, through Dungeons & Dragons and comic books that I acquired much of my vocabulary.
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Because I was a dancer, I started going to auditions for musical theater, which forced me to sing.
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Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy.
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I can be very hard on myself, very demanding.
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I have been the victim of heartless malice.
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Everything comes to us that belongs to us if we create the capacity to receive it.
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I'm not really a fan of people who think they're better than others. There's no reason to act that way. I couldn't even stand to yell at someone if they bumped right into me.
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Spain used to be very individualistic in its sporting activities. Now we are showing we are pretty good in teams - that is an improvement.
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If you don't vote, you don't count.
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There are as many forms of happiness as sorrow, though most prove fleeting.
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From the time of independences until the end of the Cold War, in spite of the participation of a considerable number of African states in the non-aligned movement, everyone in fact chose to align with one or another of the two major blocks.
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Wit is a weapon. Jokes are a masculine way of inflicting superiority. But humor is the pursuit of a gentle grin, usually in solitude.
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Wedding is destiny, and hanging likewise.
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There is not a single pessimistic note anywhere in the New Testament after the resurrection.
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You know, I understand that a lot of people, especially up north, put fruits and nuts in their stuffing, which is good, but for myself personally, I love an old-timey savory dressing.
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I'm a working musician, so it's what I do. I kind of always have lots of plates spinning, and it's the ones that keep spinning the longest that I end up doing.
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I'm twice as old, but I feel good.
