Ossie Davis Quotes
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There was a time I desperately needed for the world to know that I was no category guy. My whole goal in life was to reach that certain success where people will say, 'Hey, that guy can do anything. He's the Evel Knievel of music. He's jumping over 15 buses!'
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When a 300-pound person like me is playing, I'm supposed to drink at least a gallon of water a day.
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I don't really have a main source for my style inspiration. It's really about however I feel about myself at the moment.
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I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them.
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It is from books that wise people derive consolation in the troubles of life.
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The way to a man's heart is through his chest.
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Upon the death of my father, our family and myself were emotionally and financially exhausted.
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I had no ambition to go to America and be in a TV show. It's not like I've rejected something or decided that I've found something better. Your life just takes you off in strange and different directions.
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Public appearances are a headache. I hold mine down to a minimum.
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One of the many pleasures of old age is giving things up.
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What the Republicans have said is rather than touch one hair on the heads of the wealthiest people in our country, people who make over $1 million a year, they're saying, 'Seniors should pay $6,000 more dollars a year. But please don't let us ask the wealthiest to do their fair share.'
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I worked at a job where 90 percent of my coworkers were Spanish-speaking, and some of them were only Spanish-speaking. My rule was if someone came into the office needing something – I worked in HR at the time – they had to bring a Spanish word to teach me. That was the deal.
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It's not only imagination, it's the distortion of the vision. You suddenly think, This person is idealistic, this person is strong, this person has dreams, when you know better most of the time. You put what you want to see on people.
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I studied really hard. But Hollywood never appreciated my talent.
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I feel naked without jewelry. If I'm having a bad hair day, I pick something from my huge collection of hats.
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To begin with, we put the proposition: pure phenomenology is the science of pure consciousness.
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I think that anybody coming out and saying, 'This is who I am, and let me show it to you...' is good for the world.
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The whole nature of photography has changed with the advent of a camera in everybody's hand.
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The worst thing that happens to you at college if you fail to get out of bed in time is that you will miss two hours of someone reading scintillating anecdotes about Medieval Ireland. The worst thing that happens to you in life if you fail to get out of bed in time is that you might lose your job as a first responder.
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When I had a group of undergraduates in the room, I would say to them, 'How many of you want to run for office someday?' And almost every male hand in the room would go up. And very few of the young women.
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I love writing Scottish dialogue.
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Any form of art is a form of power.
