Joe Frazier Quotes

I know my destiny. I was born into animosity, bigotry and hatred. We had water for white folks, and water for coloured folks. White lines, black lines. I came from Beaufort in South Carolina, and it was tougher than Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi.

Joe Frazier

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 12, 1944 - November 7, 2011

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I know firsthand how agonizing waiting can be.

Joe Manchin

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I don't confess in my work because to me, that implies that you're dumping all your guilt and sins on the page and asking the reader to forgive you.

Meghan Daum

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Music, I feel, must be emotional first and intellectual second.

Maurice Ravel

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I train, for me, very smartly. I don't train heavy, I do a lot of isometrics.

Jean-Claude Van Damme

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No man is to be credited for his mere authority's sake, unless he can show Scripture for the maintenance of his opinion.

John Wycliffe

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I've worked as someone's deputy, and now it's time for me to run something. It's time for me to run my own shop.

John Podhoretz

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I don't think, generally speaking, people become writers because they were the really good, really cool, attractive kid in class. I'll be honest. This is our revenge for people who were much better looking and more popular than us. I was a bit like that, I suppose.

Steven Moffat

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I remember my first scene with Alan Rickman, and I was anxious because he is a slight 'method' actor; as soon as he is in his cloak, he walks and talks like Snape - it is quite terrifying. But I really wanted to talk to him because 'Robin Hood' was one of my favourite films.

Tom Felton

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I don't know what goes on in the crowd. I've had them show up and throw beer cans at me. I caused riots in most of the major cities.

Lou Reed

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Once the housing market begins to recover, I would phase out the mortgage tax deduction.

Joshua A. Tucker

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Listening to an underserved population is how you begin to understand them and serve them better.

Constance Wu

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I am always asked, 'You grew up in Africa?' Every time I introduce a film, or I'm interviewed, 'You grew up in Africa?'

Claire Denis

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