Quotes 61 till 80 of 102.
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Only dead people need loud music.
Source: The Temple of My Familiar (1989) -
Part of my ancestry is Cherokee. And in that tradition, you become an adult when you're 52.
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Part of your job as an artist is to push yourself and make sure your creative juices are flowing.
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People do not wish to appear foolish; to avoid the appearance of foolishness, they are willing to remain actually fools.
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People tend to think that life really does progress for everyone eventually, that people progress, but actually only some people progress. The rest of the people don't.
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People will say to you, Oh, you are fearless. That is so not true. We should stop saying that about people. It's a slander, really.
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Poetry is the lifeblood of rebellion, revolution, and the raising of consciousness.
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She say, Celie, tell the truth, have you ever found God in church? I never did. I just found a bunch of folks hoping for him to show. Any God I ever felt in church I brought in with me. And I think all the other folks did too. They come to church to share God, not find God.
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The animals of the world exist for their own reasons. They were not made for humans any more than black people were made for white, or women created for men.
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The experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate.
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The gift of loneliness is sometimes a radical vision of society or one's people that has not previously been taken into account.
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The great photographers of life - like Diane Arbus and Walker Evans and Robert Frank - all must have had some special quality: a personality of nurturing and non-judgment that frees the subjects to reveal their most intimate reality. It really is what makes a great photographer, every bit as much as understanding composition and lighting.
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The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don't have any.
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The most important question in the world is, 'Why is the child crying?'
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The only thing more intimidating than a huge international film star is your mother-in-law.
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The place I feel most at home is when I have health insurance. I really don't care how I get it, whether it's on film, or television or waiting tables, you know?
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The quietly pacifist peaceful always die to make room for men who shout.
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