Cornel West Quotes

King's response to our crisis can be put in one word: revolution. A revolution in our priorities, a reevaluation of our values, a reinvigoration of our public life and a fundamental transformation of our way of thinking and living that promotes a transfer of power from oligarchs and plutocrats to everyday people and ordinary citizens.

Cornel West

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Connecting with the kids is a great joy for me. I love meeting them backstage or at a signing event. I am overwhelmed when I meet kids who struggle with terminal illnesses.

Jodi Benson

LoveGreatStruggleI AmJoyMe

What's the shelf life of a 1931 movie? If it still exists, there will always be film buffs and a niche audience who will want to see it. But in terms of people even understanding in common usage, some of the words we use to describe these movies, I don't know how long that's going to last.

Joe Dante

LifeWordsPeopleUnderstandingLong

We all agree that manufacturers have a right to ensure that fake goods are not marketed in their names and that their own goods are not marketed under fake names.

John Conyers

FakeRightNamesOwnAgreeEnsure

Creating the fictional background for a game world isn't significantly different from creating a background for fiction.

John M. Ford

WorldGameCreatingFiction

I usually listen to the same thing over and over again: Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto in D Major. And Leonard Cohen.

Sue Townsend

ListenViolinSameOverAgainMajor

A shot is only as every as good as how well it tells the story.

Simon Baker

GoodStoryWellOnlyShotHow

I felt that if I could make the world better for the young, that would be the greatest thing we can do.

Shimon Peres

WorldBetterYoungGreatestWould

I don't think of my characters as bumbling. I think that trouble is what drives a novel, both big troubles and small troubles, and whatever people try to do in life, there are a series of stumbling-blocks in the way, and I think that makes for interesting reading. I think of them as doing their best with the roadblocks that they're given.

Tom Drury

LifeBestPeopleSmallReadingWay

I'm one of those people that just likes to be comfortable.

Ludacris

PeopleComfortableJustLikesThose

I always wrote about myself in the third person. I knew how to promote myself so it sounded intelligent. I know how to package myself.

Lisa Lampanelli

MyselfPersonKnowIntelligentKnew

The gift of giving and paying it forward has always been traits I consider to be invaluable.

Jon Taffer

GiftForwardGivingAlwaysBeen

Everybody's got a puncher's chance in this game. I mean every single person on Earth. But my whole focus, my whole style, my whole dynamic is built around taking that power away from you. So where is the logic in why you're different from anybody else? There is no logic in it.

Dominick Cruz

PowerStyleFocusGameChanceLogic

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