"The Temptations still stand today, not in spite of those who left us, but because of them."

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Source : Otis Williams, Patricia Romanowski, Patricia Romanowski Bashe (2002). “Temptations”, p.219, Rowman & Littlefield

Otis Williams

#Temptation Quotes #Today Quotes #Spite Quotes

“I'm interested in generating work for myself. I have trouble with this waiting-for-the-phone-to-ring lifestyle, especially after drama school, which was so creatively fulfilling.”
“We must remain hopeful that a universal ethic of courage, caring, sharing, respect, radical compassion, and love will make a difference even if we do not see the positive results of our efforts... We can never be too generous or too kind.”
“Politics is work. Hiphop is music. The idea that hiphop, because it makes the body feel good to move to it and it makes the soul feel good to hear out angry young black men, can be transmuted into changing the world is narcotic but nonsensical. Wherever hiphop is ever "going," we can be sure it will not be in a constructive direction, anymore than fashions in the color of cars. And it shouldn't "concern" us in the least.”
“Love yourself first and everything else falls into line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world.”
“Iran's continued, widespread persecution of ethnic minorities, human rights defenders and political prisoners is a disgrace and stands as a shameful indictment of Iran's leaders.”
“If my desire is possible, it means the system is already letting something else through.”
“Every video [slot] gambling machine takes $60,000 out of the consumer economy”
“You are capable of much more than you are presently thinking, imagining, doing or being.”

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