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I can remember when Pulp Fiction came out. I was, like, 10 years old. But I remember the impact that it had.
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I once made a check of all books in my fourth-grade classroom. Of the slightly more than six hundred books, almost one quarter had been published prior to the bombing of Hiroshima; 60 percent were either ten years old or older.
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The best tonic for soreness is to do the movement that got you sore in the first place.
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More than ever, movies reveal themselves as healing, as helpful, as encouraging, as escapist - anything that makes someone get through their day in these times. It's the best form of entertainment, and it's still arguably the most inexpensive form of entertainment.
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Light on my heart, Light on my feet, Light in your eyes, I can't even speak Do you even know, How you make me weak
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Real people do real things. A collective of a whole bunch of people who do things in their own locale, in their own neighborhoods - the sum is bigger than the parts, and the parts will grow.
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I'm a survivor of life. I try to give the glory to God and appreciate what's happening to me.
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Introducing someone as a "Negro poet with a University degree" or again, quite simply, the expression, "a great black poet." These ready-made phrases, which seem in a common-sense way to fill a need-or have a hidden subtlety, a permanent rub.
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The feeling you get from playing to a good audience is hard to describe without sounding as though you are talking silly. But reaction is important. You might feel in yourself that you're doing it ok but it's when you get the live reaction that you know you're doing it right.
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Lies and distortions can be spread, via the Internet, in an inexpensive way, and the effects are astounding.
