Michael Eric Dyson Quotes

I want young people to look at me and go, 'Damn, I want to be like that brother. He sharp, he be on point. He represent black people.' I want to make the life of the mind sexy.

Michael Eric Dyson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 23, 1958

Topics

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I found the iPad to be too large and heavy to use comfortably in casual situations (like reading in bed, for example), and too limited to use as a replacement for my laptop. By comparison, the Nexus 7 is just the right size for use anywhere - it's very similar in size to my daughter's Kindle Fire, but lighter.

John Battelle

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I didn't tell my kids, 'You have to play viola, and you have to play piano.' They chose these things on their own, and I don't think we have to give kids every choice, but we do have to give them some choice because that autonomy is crucial for fostering passion.

Angela Duckworth

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I was either going onstage or going into an interview or getting on a plane. You can't really feel everything fully when you don't have the time to process.

Meredith Brooks

TimeProcessFeelYouEverything

Music is more than words. It's a visual experience, too, and people really feel my music because of the way I move and put on a show.

Stromae

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I sit in my room at my desk, looking out the window to the yard and waiting for a plot to come to me, to rise slowly in my mind.

Siegfried Lenz

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He that has eyes to see and ears to hear may convince himself that no mortal can keep a secret. If his lips are silent, he chatters with his fingertips; betrayal oozes out of him at every pore.

Sigmund Freud

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I have a majority girl audience on YouTube.

Troye Sivan

GirlYouTubeAudienceMajority

Too many families and homes remain unnecessarily vulnerable to natural disasters like hurricanes. While mitigation will never eliminate the risk to homeowners, it could reduce loss and, in many cases, save a family's home. For every $1 spent on mitigation, $4 in post-storm cleanup and rebuilding is saved.

Tom Rooney

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I came into the music world in 1988 with a song called 'Ooh La La,' that was like a breath of fresh air in Haitian music.

Michel Martelly

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Water is a cure-all. Water is everything. You can't get better without drinking lots of water, and you can't drink water unless it's clean.

Josh Fox

WaterBetterYouDrinkCleanGet

I think the fact that I grew up in show business had a real effect on my personality. If you were born in New York during the golden age of television, and you grew up on Broadway, that marks you.

Christopher Walken

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I love my parents, and I want my mother to be president.

Chelsea Clinton

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