Claude McKay Quotes
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I'm a motivational speaker.
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Throughout his long career, Washington earned the adulation not merely of ordinary people but of the other luminaries whom we now hail as 'founding fathers.'
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As a senior editor at Tor Books and the manager of our science fiction and fantasy line, I rarely blog to promote specific projects I'm involved with, for reasons that probably don't need a lot of explanation.
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I do believe that the states have the right to make the definition of marriage, and each state can define it as they so choose through their elected representatives.
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The basis of art is truth, both in matter and in mode.
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I believe that Orthodoxy has been thinking lately, and despite other impressions, that we can't have full sacramental communion if we don't first have a fundamental agreement on the question of the primacy, that still isn't there.
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When I wanted to be an actress, I never wanted really to be the kind of actress I became.
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Everybody has a Bill Murray story. He just punishes people for reasons they can't figure out.
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When I'm actually assembling a scene, I assemble it as a silent movie. Even if it's a dialog scene, I lip read what people are saying.
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Israel is not Vegas, and it will not be.
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I kept getting told, 'You need to bulk up. Burgers and shakes. Burgers and shakes.' That's never been my thing.
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I would like to extend to you our deep appreciation and thanks for the position the United States has taken in support of the democratization process that has taken place in Tunisia, in Egypt, and what is attempting to take place in Libya.
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In Hollywood I thought I was large and klutzy, like the characters I played.
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Watching TV produces low levels of satisfaction because it doesn't challenge you. Instead, do something that raises your self-esteem. Tap into your 'signature strengths' - things you're good at or passionate about.
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You have to make time and tend to things that are important in your life so you can live the life of blessing God has promised you!
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For me the ideal date would be to drink wine in the backyard under the stars, listen to music and just talk. Then we'd eat steak and, later, dessert. If all went as planned, we'd save some of the dessert and play with it while making out.
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I have to say I find it totally astounding that my albums do as well as they do. It's quite extraordinary, and it's actually very touching for me for the albums to be received with such warmth.
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It's just not a good idea to drink and drive; that is just common sense. But common sense is not that common!
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I don't like conflicts. I'm not a competitive person at heart. To be in the middle of turmoil is boring.
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Africa may yet prove to be the spiritual conservatory of the world ... When the civilised nations in consequence of their wonderful material development, shall have had their spiritual susceptibilities blunted through the agency of a captivating and absorbing materialism, it may be that they have to resort to Africa to recover some of the simple elements of faith.
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If you are poor, you are not likely to live long.
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What a great advantage a man can have over women, if he only knew what cold and calculating thoughts are going through her mind.... while her eyes are brimming with tears.
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Poverty is not a disgrace, but it's terribly inconvenient.
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And, hungry for the old, familiar ways,I turned aside and bowed my head and wept.
