In the 1950s in Columbia, South Carolina, it was considered OK for kids to play with weird things. We could go to the hardware store and buy 100 feet of dynamite fuse.
There was very little art in my childhood. I was raised in South Carolina; I wasn't aware of any art in South Carolina. There was a minor museum in Charleston, which had nothing of interest in it. It showed local artists, paintings of birds.
They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to South Carolina - and that's pretty much the same thing.
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For years I have been mourning and not for my dead, it is for this boy for whatever corner in my heart died when his childhood slid out of my arms.
Because people who couldn't imagine themselves capable of evil were at a major disadvantage in dealing with people who didn't need to imagine, because they already were.
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Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.
Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.
Patience, persistence and perspiration make an unbeatable combination for success.
If I ever have a daughter I am going to name her Taken. That way, when a boy asks her name she'll say "Hi, I'm Taken."
I don't get high, but sometimes I wish I did. That way, when I messed up in life I would have an excuse. But right now there's no rehab for stupidity.
Gun control? We need bullet control! I think every bullet should cost 5,000 dollars. Because if a bullet cost five thousand dollar, we wouldn't have any innocent bystanders.
Ain't even gotta open your eyes, know what your looking at
And I ain't even have to open my eyes when I was cooking that
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Remember the night we first met, I caught a contact
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Anything that looks good makes you feel better.
You gotta have life your way. If you ain't losing your mind, you ain't partying right.
I want to find the candidates who understand the principles of American exceptionalism and have the character, the courage, and the confidence to actually lead the greatest nation in the world.
Compromise works well in this world when you have shared goals.
What we need is some people to stand up with the courage of their convictions, to do what they promised when they ran for election, and fight to stop Obamacare.
There's no prerequisites to worthiness. You're born worthy, and I think that's a message a lot of women need to hear.
I think I've lived long enough to understand that plans really are very overrated.
Your internal dialogue has got to be different from what you say. And, you know, in film, hopefully that registers and speaks volumes. It's always the unspoken word and what's happening behind someone's eyes that makes it so rich.
I compare the Twist to the electric light, The Twist is me, and I'm it. I'm the electric light.
Of all the '60s - there was Elvis, there was the Beatles, there was the British invasion, Jimmy Hendrix, and Woodstock - the No. 1 record was "The Twist".
My outlet is my music, and it's been this way since I was 4 years old.
Facts are neither Republican nor Democrat.
When people in positions of trust mislead us - either recklessly, negligently or intentionally - that impacts the republic.
The reason I like the criminal justice system is there aren't Republican or Democrat victims or police officers or prosecutors. It's about respect for the rule of law!
Life doesn't run away from nobody. Life runs at people.
When I go out there, I have no pity on my brother. I'm out there to win.
This is just another man, another fight, another payday.
Authors want their names down in history; I want to keep the smoke coming out of the chimney.
If you're a singer you lose your voice. A baseball player loses his arm. A writer gets more knowledge, and if he's good, the older he gets, the better he writes.
I think you realize how much you need to have people that you love. It's not as much about them loving you, it's about you needing to love people.
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It's just the mentality that I come out here with, week in and week out. One guy is not going to tackle me.
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In the Sacramento of the 1950s, it was as though White simply hadn't had time enough to figure Brown out. It was a busy white time. Brown was like the skinny or fat kids left over after the team captains chose sides. You take the rest - my cue to wander away to the sidelines, to wander away.
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I don't know how to organise thoughts. I don't know how to have thoughts.
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