Clarence Thomas Quotes
A white person is free to think whatever they want to think, but a black person has to think a certain way. Why do you think I get in so much controversy? People have a model of what they think a black person should think.
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I suppose Spotify is a good thing. The ads are quite annoying, but a lot of people seem to like it and use it. I don't myself, but it seems like a good idea, and the labels are getting a huge amount of money off it, but the artists aren't, so that must be good for them... but not us.
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I think that everyone should be able to dribble. Everyone should be able to pass. Otherwise, why are you out there?
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Some people's personalities are so compelling that they command attention.
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People are really talkative in New York. Someone always comes up to me and says 'Hi' during the day.
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The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go on for years without realizing that love must change into some other love which is so unlike it that it can hardly be recognized as love at all.
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We have just been working hard to have people to come out to vote and to make sure people understand how important the election is.
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In order to fully realise our aspirations, we must create in the masses of the people the sense of sacrifice and responsibility that has been the characteristic of the anarchist movement throughout its historic development in Spain.
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I didn't know Albert back then - I just learned to play that way. He and I were the only guys that played left-handed. Then left-handed people came from every direction.
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When you're trying to bring the streets into rap to prove a point, then you already lost. You separate the two, and that ain't to be played with. You've got people that lost their lives and people that are doing real time. If we gon' make music, let's just make music.
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Even if I have to stand alone, I will not be afraid to stand alone. I'm going to fight for you. I'm going to fight for what's right. I'm going to fight to hold people accountable.
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People have told me that I'm courageous, but I have seen greater courage.
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If you think about work, it's just this endlessly fascinating subject. We spend at least half of our waking hours working. So it becomes this incredible window into a whole variety of things: who we are human beings, how the economy works, how people relate to each other, how stuff is made, how the world spins on its axis.
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One of the things about my ministry is that I have never branded myself as being above the people or superior to people.
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It takes ground activity to stimulate that Black vote.
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I thought our community should have a deep dialogue to make black America better. I believe if we make black America better, we make all of America better.
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Okay, let's talk about cartoon labels for half a second - some people think anything with a dog or a car or a colorful alien is garbage, which is not true. Look at Big Moose Red. It's, like, a $6 wine with a cheesy label, and it's actually a solid wine.
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It's true that hydropower exploitation can bring economic development, but not necessarily to the benefit of local people.
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It is important not to trust people too much.
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When you have kids, there's a tendency to put the marriage stew on the back burner and give it a quick stir now and then. But it's important to remember why you had children with this person.
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People sometimes say, 'Why do you choose a part?' and sometimes it's not that I chose it but that that was the one that came along.
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It is fun to see girls going mad about me or dancing around to get one glimpse of me. These are major perks of being an actor. But you need to be cautious and respectful.
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Yeah, I had done a lot of television in the '60s and I was dying to get into the movies. I was just sure I should be in the movies.
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The love of complexity without reductionism makes art; the love of complexity with reductionism makes science.
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A white person is free to think whatever they want to think, but a black person has to think a certain way. Why do you think I get in so much controversy? People have a model of what they think a black person should think.
