Cynthia McKinney Quotes
Eight generations of African-Americans are still waiting to achieve their rights - compensation and restitution for the hundreds of years during which they were bought and sold on the market.Cynthia McKinney
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My daughter is my passion and my life.
Tamara Mellon -
In battle it is the cowards who run the most risk; bravery is a rampart of defense.
Sallust -
I love the 'Lost' ending. I stand by it, but there are a lot of people out there who hate it.
Damon Lindelof -
Let life happen to you. Believe me: life is in the right, always.
Rainer Maria Rilke -
My problem was my inability to spend much time at home. I thought my family was secure, so I went running around everyplace else. I guess I had more of an effect on other people's kids than I did my own.
Jackie Robinson -
Life is going to unfold as it should because life always does.
Orlando Bloom
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I would be happy if they just gave out nominations and there weren't any Oscars. But winning them is definitely an experience - to get up there and make a speech. Every film is hard work, and a few lucky people do get Oscars for what they do, and it's recognition for all that hard work on a certain level.
Walter Murch -
We were at the dark end of the L.A. punk scene, and that scene was full-on and violent and aggressive and wild and intense.
Flea Red Hot Chili Peppers -
A great hallmark of mental wellness is the ability to be in the present moment, fully and with no thoughts of being elsewhere.
Wayne Dyer -
We come nearest to the great when we are great in humility.
Rabindranath Tagore -
A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
Napoleon Bonaparte -
I wanted to only create a great perfume, not any perfume that would sell, but a great artistic one that the fans would not feel cheated by.
Lady Gaga
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I was a heart surgeon before I came to Congress, and I've worked many holidays on behalf of my patients.
Larry Bucshon -
I think for anyone - male or female - in improv, the biggest thing to get over is the fear. I think every improviser has that.
Rachel Dratch -
Writing is a strange and solitary activity. There are dispiriting times when you start working on the first few pages of a novel. Every day, you have the feeling you are on the wrong track. This creates a strong urge to go back and follow a different path. It is important not to give in to this urge but to keep going.
Patrick Modiano -
My experience is that as soon as people are old enough to know better, they don't know anything at all.
Oscar Wilde -
The only thing that can console one for being poor is extravagance. The only thing that can console one for being rich is economy.
Oscar Wilde -
I go to a meeting every day. I surround myself with people who don't use. I recently got back from Ozzfest and I caught myself in kind of a sticky situation where I was around a lot of people using, drinking and it was kind of - I didn't have the urge to use once, but I just knew I shouldn't have been there.
Jack Osbourne
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I’ve found opposition to my teaching because I said it’s not the strength which does it, it’s a rhythm. You don’t need huge muscles great strength. In fact, if you have that and misuse it, you’re going to damage the material. It’s absurd. It’s a rhythmical flow of an idea, whichever sex you are.
Barbara Hepworth -
For a two-hour movie on a 20-day shooting schedule, it's O.K. to have an actor who's a pain in the neck.
David L. Wolper -
Usually, I'll drop twenty to forty per cent of the dialogue - you can do so much with gesture. I'm still waiting to do a silent film.
Ben Foster -
I've always made it clear that I do not believe that global government is either necessary or feasible.
Maurice Strong -
As technology continues to increase our possibilities, what we're seeing is a shrinking of the lag time between what we dream about and what we create.
Jason Silva -
Eight generations of African-Americans are still waiting to achieve their rights - compensation and restitution for the hundreds of years during which they were bought and sold on the market.
Cynthia McKinney