Kevin Young Quotes
In African-American culture, there's often a family historian, someone who does the genealogy or keeps the family Bible. I became aware that might be one role the poet has.
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I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.
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I am very happy my Olympic dream has come true.
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I think any form of self-expression is half confidence, half sheer hard work and, maybe, a bit of talent thrown in.
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Calling Rand Paul 'the most interesting man in politics' is an invitation to an argument - but one we suspect he'd love to have.
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I was never offended that people underestimated me because of my appearance or that they thought I was pretty and discouraged me from fighting because they didn't want me to risk hurting my looks.
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The older I've gotten, the more the need to exert comedy no matter how tragic a character I may be portraying because they are essentials for presenting truth.
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Despite my so-so-experience with the iPhone, I do love its touchscreen technology, a feature I miss with my standard-issue BlackBerry.
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Opera singers, we're not muscle men; you have to be careful about your work.
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Violence against embassies and civilians must be categorically condemned. At the same time, we must attempt to understand why such events occur.
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I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts.
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I have to say that getting to tackle Maria in 'The Sound of Music' at Carnegie Hall was surreal. When I heard my voice, it was all I could do to keep myself from doing a British accent and sound like Julie Andrews!
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One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.
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I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear.
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God does arithmetic.
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For most inhabitants of the Arab world, the prevailing cultural attitude toward women - fed and encouraged by Wahhabi doctrine, which is based on Bedouin social norms rather than Islamic jurisprudence - often trumps the rights accorded to women by Islam.
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It is no surprise that companies do not often respond to moral pressure alone. We need to hit them hard in their pocketbook and on their balance sheet. We need to show them that their stock prices will be affected if their actions encourage Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions.
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A lot of what the 'Culture' is about is a reaction to all the science fiction I was reading in my very early teens.
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The fan support was the greatest. It's everything.
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I feel like we all have our skeletons.
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I think it's important to say typing in the computer is like the last, last phase of my writing process. That's kind of the fun part. Well, it's all somewhat fun, I suppose. But usually what happens is I think about a movie for at least a year - maybe a couple more - and I don't put anything down.
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In cases of rape, trying to prevent pregnancies is obviously the best thing. The morning-after pill works successfully most of the time. Ultimately we do better if we do have better education about family planning.
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I come from a pretty scientific family. My sister is a neurologist and my brother is an engineer.
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The institution of the family has very few friends in Washington. There are lobbyists in Washington for every possible entity, from the possum-growers of America to every kind of crazy thing. There's somebody in Washington paid to advance the cause of that particular business, but there's not a lot of support for the family.
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In African-American culture, there's often a family historian, someone who does the genealogy or keeps the family Bible. I became aware that might be one role the poet has.
