Alex Chiu Quotes

Souls are not designed to float around in thin air.

Alex Chiu

Recitation: by Male by Female

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The title of my book is 'American Histories,' plural. And as far as I'm concerned, my reading of history is it is a sort of nightmare. It is a sort of nightmare, and I'm trying to wake up from it. And as any nightmare, it's full of much that is unspeakable.

John Edgar Wideman

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He knows my limitations and where I'm a good wife and a good mom.

Angelina Jolie

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My father still is a lawyer, and my mom was a teacher and then later a career counselor.

Steve Case

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As a child, I was as intrigued by the Evil Queen as I was charmed by Snow White.

Stephane Rolland

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I'm really good at solitaire and I can turn my arms in full circles.

Skylar Laine

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I tried to emulate my favourite guitar players, the old bluesmen like Blind Willie McTell and Big Bill Broonzy. I used to sit by the record player and copy Chuck Berry and the Beatles. You can never copy someone completely, so you end up developing your own style.

Ronnie Wood

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My work has always dealt with a kind of space that allows one to daydream.

Robert Wilson

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I don't write with this thing in the back of my head about carrying the weight of young black women on my shoulders.

Michaela Coel

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I believe this system of mass incarceration would have Dr. King turning in his grave. There's no doubt in my mind that Dr. King would be doing everything in his power to build a movement to end mass incarceration in the United States; a movement for education, not incarceration.

Michelle Alexander

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Certain things give you another perspective in life.

Jose Carreras

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My mother taught us to sell food in the market so we could pay for school. I would get up at 4:30 A.M. and start selling bread and cheese before going to class. School cost $65. The average salary was $125 a year, and with 10 kids, how are you going to pay for that?

Dikembe Mutombo

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Regardless of how you feel inside, always try to look like a winner. Even if you are behind, a sustained look of control and confidence can give you a mental edge that results in victory.

Diane Arbus

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