Aime Cesaire Quotes
It is no use painting the foot of the tree white, the strength of the bark cries out from beneath the paint.
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I think these people have betrayed or have forgotten their ancestors.
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That attitude and toughness that we want to play with, that, to me, is the most critical thing.
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I'm always on the phone because I'm usually not with the people I want to be with.
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Passive fatalism can never be the role of a revolutionary party, like the Social Democracy.
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An actor has to embody a role.
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Catalytic oxidation in living substances rests upon change of valency in an iron compound which is the respiratory oxygen-transferring ferment.
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If there are kids who want to follow in my footsteps, I'd say that my shoes are too big for them to fill! But their shoe size is just perfect.
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Strivers achieve what dreamers believe.
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Unfortunately, we can never truly know if we're making the right decision. What we do know is that wherever we are, that's where the Light wants us to be. It's the best place for us to be now. And as long as we don't try to control the situation, then we won't end up in the place we shouldn't be.
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In Hollywood, the women are all peaches. It makes one long for an apple occasionally.
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I would describe my look as 'ladylike rock chick.'
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Apparently God takes reception of Holy Communion seriously. Apparently some things are more sacred than politics. Apparently it's all or nothing when it comes to being Catholic.
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All the armies of Europe, Asia and Africa combined, with all the treasure of the earth (our own excepted) in their military chest; with a Buonaparte for a commander, could not by force, take a drink from the Ohio, or make a track on the Blue Ridge, in a trial of a thousand years.
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What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.
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One of the secrets of a successful life is to be able to hold all of our energies upon one point, to focus all of the scattered rays of the mind upon one place or thing.
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My chutzpah was me singing to Mario Lanza. So Mario looked at me after I talk-sang 'Be My Love' for the first time; he took the lyric out of my hand as contemptuously as you can take a lyric out of someone's hand, and he sang 'Be My Love' back at me.
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When ye are prepared for a thing, the opportunity to use it presents itself.
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If I could do what Hilary Mantel does, I would probably do that. She is more intelligent and a better researcher and knows more what she's about than I do.
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You can't jump on a croc or climb a tree if you're not in khaki, but I do like different clothes and playing around with it a bit.
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Katie Couric is one of my favorite people.
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In the U.S. Army, you are cut down for being honest.
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It is no use painting the foot of the tree white, the strength of the bark cries out from beneath the paint.
