Constance Baker Motley Quotes
The black population now consists of two distinct classes-the middle class and the poor.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
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For someone who writes fiction, in order to activate the imagination and the unconscious, it's essential to be free.
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I'm a Republican. I don't want to go to heaven and have to face my family up there and tell them I voted for a Democrat.
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Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling.
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I never figured I'd go into the Hall of Fame. A kid from the Hill.
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I was always telling my family I wanted to become an actress, and I did.
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The poet exposes himself to the risk. All that has been said about poetry, all that he has learned about poetry, is only a partial assurance.
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I let characters be human and flawed and relatable. When we do things that aren't that great, we can understand it.
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I consider plot a necessary intrusion on what I really want to do, which is write snappy dialogue.
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I spent years commuting into London when I was working as a temp, and I hated the monotony of it.
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The man who practises unselfishness, who is genuinely interested in the welfare of others, who feels it a privilege to have the power to do a fellow-creature a kindness - even though polished manners and a gracious presence may be absent - will be an elevating influence wherever he goes.
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When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away.
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Corporations cannot commit treason, or be outlawed or excommunicated, for they have no souls.
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Sometimes I see through things when people are talking. I'm really sensitive to other people, so I can tell if somebody's putting on a front.
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The central premise behind Oslo was that if Arafat were given enough legitimacy, territory, weapons and money, he would use his power to fight terror and make peace with Israel.
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I'm going to prove to the fans, going to prove to my teammates, that I can be a better defensive player, offensive player, to win games.
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I think, no matter what, when you're writing songs, most people write about the extremes of their experiences.
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Living in Cape Breton, it's really all about fiddle music, so it's not like there were other instruments out there that tempted me and it was like I had to decide which one. It was automatically fiddle, because it's the predominant instrument in Cape Breton Island.
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If you can get to know a person, and you can really understand them, it can usually help you better understand yourself and why you believe what you believe.
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My dad is Caucasian, and my mom is African American. I'm half black and half white. Being biracial paints a blurred line that is equal parts staggering and illuminating.
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The important thing is that we now have the tools to sequence all kinds of animals and plants and microbes - as well as humans. It is not important that we didn't actually finish the human sequence yet.
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My life was very compartmentalized. I went to a school that was all white, and then I went home and to my black family.
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The FBI's Counter-Intelligence Program would work hand-in-hand with police departments, literally planning attacks on Black Panther Party offices throughout the United States of America. They did this over a period of time.
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The black population now consists of two distinct classes-the middle class and the poor.
