Claude McKay Quotes
Deep in the secret chambers of my heartI muse my life-long hate, and without flinchI bear it nobly as I live my part.
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Violin playing is a physical art with great traditions behind it.
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There are really two kinds of optimism. There's the complacent, Pollyanna optimism that says, 'Don't worry - everything will be just fine,' and that allows one to just lay back and do nothing about the problems around you. Then there's what we call dynamic optimism. That's an optimism based on action.
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It ultimately becomes an asset to be part of a theatrical family if, indeed, you're good at what you do.
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Waste Management was based in Chicago, but I lived in Ft. Lauderdale and for 10 years had to commute to work - catch the 5 P.M. Sunday flight to Chicago and the midnight return flight on Friday.
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I condemn everyone and anyone who commits acts of terrorism. And Hamas has committed acts of terrorism.
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I started playing badminton when I was probably of eight years and ever since have been playing. I didn't go to university.
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Everybody with a gun has a checkpoint in Lebanon. And in Lebanon, you'd be crazy not to have a gun. Though, I assure you, all the crazy people have guns, too.
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Now I am not against widgets, those small third-party applications that people can put on their Web pages on social networks like Facebook and MySpace, in general.
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I know how to make the difference. When I make the difference, I often do it at the end of the match, and that shows that I am fresh.
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I feel like an alien. I feel people don't like me. People behaved strangely after 'Rockstar.'
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In life go straight and turn right.
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I have everything that I could possibly want in life, from a gorgeous granddaughter and a wonderful wife, brilliant students, the best job anyone could hope for, and about half of my hair. Not the half I would have kept, but no one consulted me.
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On the taxing of banks, we have to find the level at which they squeal but still pay and open up the next day.
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We have agreed with Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to cease all acts of violence against the Israelis and against the Palestinians wherever they are. Tranquility and quiet that will be witnessed and in our land, starting today, is the beginning for a new era.
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There's definitely something transformative about clothes.
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There's six of us, and they didn't treat any of us different. They loved us the same. They treated us all the same, and I just want to be like them when I grow up.
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Being an actress can be a little like being a girl in the '50s: You're stuck waiting by the phone, hoping that the boy you like will call.
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Well, I think the United States first of all has to recognize the world for what it is.
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I do watch 'American Idol' sometimes. It's not really that pleasurable... I take that back. It is the epitome of a guilty pleasure. Sometimes there's some good singers on that show.
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Financial independence is paramount. My mom always says that when a woman is financially independent, she has the ability to live life on her own terms. I think that was the soundest advice that I ever got. No matter where you go in life or who you get married to, you have to be financially independent - whether you use it or not.
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Practice being grateful for everything that life has blessed you with.
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I'm fascinated by fire. When I was four, I wore an American fireman's hat all the time, and I still have one in my office today. Glasgow used to be called 'Tinderbox City;' there were always fires, people getting killed.
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I leave you my portrait so that you will have my presence all the days and nights that I am away from you.
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Deep in the secret chambers of my heartI muse my life-long hate, and without flinchI bear it nobly as I live my part.
