Cynthia McKinney Quotes
Americans are gathering the courage to just say no. We are saying no to addictive consumer lifestyles. We are saying no to wars and corporate takeover and the IMF loans that gobble up people and their resources.
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Actually, I didn't like Dartmouth very much, but the whole theater scene I really liked.
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I was born in Dallas, Texas, but I was raised in south Florida. 'Ice Ice Baby' is about that area.
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To have ego means to believe in your own strength. And to also be open to other people's views. It is to be open, not closed. So, yes, my ego is big, but it's also very small in some areas. My ego is responsible for my doing what I do - bad or good.
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I never been a hater of these other cats, who never really had nothing, being successful. That's not my problem.
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I do have the odd dream where I'm on stage and I've completely forgotten what I'm meant to be performing - so they are more nightmares than dreams.
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Until now, I was insecure and I believed what the people around me said in regarding what I should sing.
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Sometimes I don't understand why I'm sitting here.
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Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
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I don't care about how much other actors get.
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I was deposed by a coup d'etat, by friends that I trusted and aided by the American Government.
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I used to sail a lot in all kinds of weather, competing on small sailboats in the ocean. And I travel a lot in Iceland on horses every summer, through the wild areas where there's no inhabitants and there are volcanoes.
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Living substance conquers the frenzy of destruction only in the ecstasy of procreation.
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I hope everybody enjoys our input on 'Black Water' - it sure was a lot of fun getting to record it.
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Names, once they are in common use, quickly become mere sounds, their etymology being buried, like so many of the earth's marvels, beneath the dust of habit.
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No man may make another free.
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I didn't develop or build synths. I had my technicians modify them for my live stage performances.
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Many of my constituents are in their 80s, 90s, even 100, and our focus is ensuring that their needs can be provided for.
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I listen to music almost any time I'm not sleeping, 'hanging out' with specific people, or showering.
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Getting rid of all the world records would be a bit of a radical move.
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Whatever position I occupied, it was the result of colleagues - of my comrades in the movement - who had decided in their wisdom to use me for the purpose of focusing the attention of the country and the international community on me.
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I have a few pieces that I got for my birthdays or that I bought for myself: I acquire things that speak to me and put them on my wall. When I see things I like, I just know.
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A comparison of the average professional baseball salary to the national average salary over the last one hundred years shows that for the first fifty years, 1920-1970, baseball players held a steady multiple of about 3.4 times the national average income.
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The royal duty of non-opposition is a reminder that the legitimacy of government is founded on the consent of the people, who may withdraw their mandate at any time if they lose confidence in the ability of the ruler to serve their best interests.
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Americans are gathering the courage to just say no. We are saying no to addictive consumer lifestyles. We are saying no to wars and corporate takeover and the IMF loans that gobble up people and their resources.
