Common (Lonnie Corant Jaman Shuka Rashid Lynn) Quotes
I want to be the voice of the people; black, white, everyday, oppressed people. A person trying to make it and to do it right.
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What most people didn't realize in the Western countries is that here its not a question of having supporters, its a question of getting these votes to the polling stations.
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Between two groups of people who want to make inconsistent kinds of worlds, I see no remedy but force.
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Being famous has changed a lot, because now there's so many outlets, between magazines, TV shows, and the Internet, for people to stalk and follow you. We created the monster.
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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
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People in Sweden talk a lot about the weather - how much we hate it. But Finns get more depressed.
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I think I would make a good spy. I can sort of be a chameleon. People don't notice me very easily. I never get recognized.
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And once the music is out there, when you're selling a record and selling music and people are going to do whatever they want with it, it's kind of hard to resist certain opportunities, especially in the record market now.
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So if we are really concerned about generating more taxes, we ought to be investing in our people, not taking away the kinds of resources that contribute to their ability to become greater taxpayers in this country.
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People would get Carol Burnett and Vicki Lawrence all mushed together in their brains, and, bless their hearts, it would come out Carol Lawrence.
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We have so many rich people in Switzerland. They should take more responsibility for the general public. There is almost no tradition of philanthropy here anymore, unlike in the U.S.
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I am an author, and like many in my profession, I am also a traveling salesman, going all over in an attempt to persuade people to spend twenty-five dollars on a hardcover book by me.
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I think that God prepared me for Chris's death in some ways, because I've seen other people lose their spouses. I've known for a long time that life isn't fair.
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I like the lasso of truth. There is something so beautiful about the fact that people have to tell the truth when they have the lasso around them. And it's not too violent.
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To have a relationship that is pure and passionate and beautiful - I think people are scared of having that now. Especially guys.
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A holiday is when you celebrate something that's all finished up, that happened a long time ago and now there's nothing left to celebrate but the dead.
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A failure is not always a mistake, it may simply be the best one can do under the circumstances. The real mistake is to stop trying.
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I know victims of domestic abuse. I know what it takes for people to get out, and I also know why people stay. It's heartbreaking.
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There are people who are good for letters and others that are good for numbers.
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I met my wife, Nia Vardalos, at The Second City, and she was chomping at the bit to move to L.A.
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I am stuck in the 70's. I can't seem to get away from that era.
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I don't consider myself an Iranian comedian; I consider myself a comedian who happens to be of Iranian descent.
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The trouble with America is that there are far too many wide open spaces surrounded by teeth.
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We need to stop illegal immigration. We need to put people back to work. We need to cut taxes.
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I want to be the voice of the people; black, white, everyday, oppressed people. A person trying to make it and to do it right.
