"We're no longer arguing about riding in the back of the bus, but being the bus driver or the president of the bus company. We're not pushing for the right to buy the hot dog, but selling the hot dog and the right to own the hot dog franchise."

-- Benjamin Hooks

#Dog Quotes #Justice Quotes #President Quotes

“I think it's very important to maintain the classical Christian distinction between the Creator and creation.”
“I do love comedy, but I'm not brave enough to tackle a script whose goal is to make you laugh. That's tough. The ones that can do it, I tip my hat off to them, but I don't have that kind of humor or mind.”
“I am a hard-core believer that the clean desktop is the way to go... At the same time, we told OEMs that if they were going to put a bunch of icons on the desktop, then so were we.”
“I got a burlap sack, put a brick in the middle, and filled it with rags, corncobs, some Spanish moss, and sand. I hung that sack off the branch of an oak tree. I'd wrap my hands with a necktie of my daddy's and punch at it. My mom gave me an hour a day. My brothers and sisters said, "Nah." I said, "You'll see."”

Source : "Joe Frazier: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. November 7, 2011.
“Love doesn't mean anything if you're not willing to make a commitment, and you have to think not only about what you want, but about what he wants. Not just now, but in the future.”
“As an art form, opera is a rare and remarkable creation. For me, it expresses aspects of the human drama that cannot be expressed in any other way, or certainly not as beautifully.”

Source : Luciano Pavarotti (1995). “Pavarotti, My World”, Crown Pub
“I think I would never be ready to do a regular job. I couldnâ€™t go to the office every day at the same hour. I love my life. This freedom.”
“Every live thing is a survivor on a kind of extended emergency bivouac.”

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