Tavis Smiley Quotes

Jamestown changed the world in many ways, but perhaps it shaped our nation most profoundly the day Africans arrived. I can't think of a more relevant place to talk about the issues facing our community today than the place where African culture became American culture.

Tavis Smiley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 13, 1964

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When I get up in the morning, I look forward to the games and I'm just buzzing. At the end of the day, if you are nervous or scared before games, you are not going to perform. I just go out there and think, 'If I get a chance, I'm going to score' and that's it.

Jermain Defoe

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When you're out of office, you can be a statesman.

John Connally

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The day that I ever become hip... please shoot me and put me outta my misery!

Meat Loaf

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The safest person, sometimes, is a stranger on the Internet who lives in a different place. If they're a daily source of support and advice, no one really wants to lose that once they have it. If they know deep down that the person they're talking to isn't exactly who they say they are, it's not worth finding out.

Max Joseph

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My friend, Sue Ann, in college pulled me aside and said, 'Honey I love you but you have got to start waxing your eyebrows. They look wild!' So thank you, that kinda changed my life.

Angela Kinsey

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My work has always been about authentic feeling, and I think we live in a time where we need that.

Ann Demeulemeester

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Under questioning, a terrorist should be made to yield.

Ami Ayalon

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So much research has been done showing that the woman is the most vulnerable but also the biggest strength leading to economic progress.

Sri Mulyani Indrawati

StrengthWomanProgressResearch

Leaders must establish common purpose and build trust within an organization.

Stanley A. McChrystal

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When you create an economy where you subsidize corporate profits through a welfare program and food stamps in order to keep wages low in some perverse pursuit of 'competiveness,' than you reap the fruits of the anger that you sow.

Martin O'Malley

FoodAngerYouCreateEconomyLow

Even I felt sorry for Richard Nixon when he left; there's nothing you can do about being born liberal - fish gotta swim, and hearts gotta bleed.

Molly Ivins

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I would love if gay men responded to me. All I want is for many gay men to dress up as me for Halloween.

Mindy Kaling

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