Carl Hart Quotes
I had to go to England to really learn about American racism in a way that corroborated my reality. That was critical.
Quotes to Explore
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Marriage is an attempt to solve problems together which you didn't even have when you were on your own.
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I've wanted to write comics ever since I figured out it was a job.
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I am not honest.
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A man marries to have a home, but also because he doesn't want to be bothered with sex and all that sort of thing.
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You can't take yourself too seriously; it's important to poke fun at yourself. Once in a while, it is great to show your inadequacies, too.
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I'm committed to the goal of Senate Bill 324, and that is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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I wanted to be a bull rider when I grew up.
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I don't believe we have defined health care reform very well in this country.
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Do not despise the fish because they are absolutely unable to speak or to reason, but fear lest you may be even more unreasonable than they by resisting the command of the Creator. Listen to the fish, who through their actions all but utter this word: 'We set out on this long journey for the perpetuation of our species.'
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My tastes and inspirational artists were always rather eclectic and diverse.
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I think there's plenty of evidence that we need to stop spewing so much carbon into the air, that we're contributing to climate change and that we ought to look for alternatives.
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It's not a slam at you when people are rude, it's a slam at the people they've met before.
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I don't go on lunch dates with friends. I hear about people having dinner parties, but I never do that. I'm not really human.
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Coffee shops are everywhere, especially in Los Angeles, chock full of sad sacks desperate to make sure their screenplays make it into the right hands... or any hands, for that matter. The one thing that makes a coffee shop truly great, though, is charm.
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Top knots are the easiest thing to create.
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There are lots of things I'm acquainting myself with now to be a more well-rounded person.
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I'd always wanted to write books ever since I was a kid.
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The objectification of females is not a good thing! Not every rapper does this, but when the lyrics focus solely on the strip club, 'poppin' bottles' and how many girls they can 'tap,' it distorts what kids are learning. I think if there was more of a female presence in hip hop we could break up the monotony. It's all about balance.
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From Borges, those wonderful gaucho stories from which I learned that you can be specific as to a time and place and culture and still have the work resonate with the universal themes of love, honor, duty, betrayal, etc. From Amiri Baraka, I learned that all art is political, although I don't write political plays.
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We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the manner of yielding what is impossible to keep.
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Our favorite holding period is forever.
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His failures are as valuable as his successes: by misjudging one thing he conforms something else, even if at the time he does not know what that something else is.
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In my life, there are two things I've found I'm very good at: overcoming obstacles and motivating good people to do their best work.
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I had to go to England to really learn about American racism in a way that corroborated my reality. That was critical.
