David Dinkins Quotes

This is about these particular candidates in this particular year. That's what motivates me.

David Dinkins

Recitation: by Male by Female

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MeYearAboutMotivatesCandidates

People get distracted by box-office figures and take jobs because they think it will advance their careers.

Andrew Scott

PeopleThinkWillTakeBecauseGet

We have a tendency in Quebec - and I include myself in this - to describe ourselves using the past. We're always nostalgic.

Robert Lepage

MyselfPastAlwaysQuebecNostalgic

My mom is an incredibly direct person, and I like things to make sense.

Amanda Seales

MomPersonThingsSenseLikeDirect

I've been to all seven continents on assignment for 'SI.'

Steve Rushin

BeenSevenAssignmentContinents

Some movies are entirely too heavy, and some movies have no meat in them.

RJ Cyler

MoviesMeatHeavySomeThemToo

It's exciting to see a kid at a rehearsal meeting with someone who seems like such an icon.

Michael Ritchie

SomeoneMeetingKidSeeSeemsIcon

The U.S. army confirmed that it gave a lucrative fire fighting contract in Iraq to the firm once run by the Vice President Dick Cheney without any competitive bidding. When asked if this could be conceived as Cheney's friends profiting from the war, the spokesman said 'Yes.'

Conan O'Brien

FireWarFightingArmyFriendsRun

My parents taught me honesty, truth, compassion, kindness and how to care for people. Also, they encouraged me to take risks, to boldly go. They taught me that the greatest danger in life is not taking the adventure.

Brian Blessed

LifeKindnessHonestyTruthRisks

I can take all the negative energy and turn it into a positive simply by purging my soul through music. That's how powerful music can be.

Bow Wow

PositiveMusicSoulNegativeEnergy

I eat well, but I don't believe in diets.

Bruno Tonioli

BelieveEatWellDiets

I've always had a hard time just being angry or just being really sad - the bigger emotions.

Briga Heelan

SadTimeAngryEmotionsHardAlways

Arthur Russell is very important to me on many levels, and when I read Tim Lawrence's biography on him, 'Hold on to Your Dreams,' one of the things I took away was: first thought, best thought. I live by that when I make my own music.

Arca

DreamsLiveMusicYour DreamsBest

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