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My identity is not based on performance; it's based on something that's pre-determined by someone else, and I don't even understand what that is because I'm an African who came to America. Toyin Odutola
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Now I've devoted my life to making sure that I can be a trailblazer for any other African American kids or any other gay kids or any other kids that just feel weird or uncomfortable and have their own issues and don't know how to express themselves. I want to be like a beacon for those kids now. Todrick Hall
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While he was in the service, in the South and in Oklahoma, he was refused service at a couple of places where he was in uniform, and was told that African Americans, blacks, Negros, were not served. And in spite of that, I've never known a man who loved this country more than my father did. Eric Holder
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The biggest enemy of management is indifference. It's when people don't give a damn Carlos Ghosn
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We want to raise all we can and then take the next two years to spend all of it, ... Hopefully then we'll be out of business and there'll be no more hurricanes. John Grisham
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We want people to see what real business is really like, Martha Stewart
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We've seen late day short rallies on low volume that are exaggerated by lack of supply. The move has been overrated,
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People wonder if there is a relationship between my lack of sight and the way I sing. But there's no connection. Andrea Bocelli
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Lazy doesn't exist. Lazy is a symptom of something else. The person who can't get up off their butt is just a person who's depressed. It's usually a pervasive lack of self-worth, or a feeling of helplessness. Jillian Michaels
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I think my tendency when working is to try and find what's lacking in my current project and then tackle that in whatever I do next. Kim Jee-woon
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There are many who know many things, yet are lacking in wisdom. Democritus
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I find theater very lazy and artificial, and then when it's not, it lacks refinement.
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While Mardi Gras may be smaller this year, the pageantry is not going to be lacking in any way.
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What's lacking here is a sense of urgency, a political will to get these things done. Lee H. Hamilton
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With the lack of support there last night to stop the A&P tax, I don't see the need to do anything further.
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There were very few women comics when I started out doing stand-up. But I always saw that as a great advantage. Carol Leifer
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I was a Republican, and I saw the activists and what they were doing; it was intolerable to me. Charlie Crist
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When I did that I said 'Wow,' ... I got the video, and when Tejada saw the play when he got out, he started clapping. Orlando Cabrera
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I met Paul in 1967, Ringo in 1985, and I saw George Harrison in a nightclub somewhere in L. A. I never met John. Brian Wilson
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If you stepped out of the shower and saw a leprechaun standing at the base of your toilet, would you scream, or would you innately understand that he meant you no harm? David Sedaris
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My grandparents used to bring me books every time they saw me. Gabrielle Zevin
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In one split second I saw everything I could be, everything I want to be. And all that I'm not. Jandy Nelson
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We still saw some of our inexperience today. That will be the case, but there were still some steps of improvement.
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I really thought I was pretty good before I saw Hendrix, and then I thought: Yeah, not so good. Brian May