Racism tears down your insides so that no matter what you achieve, you're not quite up to snuff. - Alvin Ailey

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Whatever the circumstances of your life, the understanding of type can make your perceptions clearer, your judgements sounder, and your life closer to your heart's desire

Alvin Ailey

Racism tears down your insides so that no matter what you achieve, you're not quite up to snuff.

Down, Quite, Racism, Racist, Snuff, Tears

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To be who you are and become what you are capable of is the only goal worth living.

Being Yourself, Capable, Goal, Inspirational, Life, Living

Making dances is an act of progress; it is an act of growth, an act of music, an act of teaching, an act of celebration, an act of joy.

Act, Dance, Growth, Joy, Music, Teaching

Dance is for everybody. I believe that the dance came from the people and that it should always be delivered back to the people.

Believe, Came, Dance, Everybody, Inspirational, People

One of the processes of your life is to constantly break down that inferiority, to constantly reaffirm that I Am Somebody.

Breaking Down, Down, Inferiority, Life Is, Reaffirm

The creative process is not controlled by a switch you can simply turn on or off; it's with you all the time.

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Isabel Briggs Myers

Whatever the circumstances of your life, the understanding of type can make your perceptions clearer, your judgements sounder, and your life closer to your heart's desire

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Oliver Stone

Unfortunately, the truth is that people do go scot-free and it's unfair. A lot of the top drug people who have been arrested are also free.

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John Green

Whenever I'm asked what advice I have for young writers, I always say that the first thing is to read, and to read a lot. The second thing is to write. And the third thing, which I think is absolutely vital, is to tell stories and listen closely to the stories you're being told.

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Harvey Mackay

Anyone who has been in business can tell war stories about the bumps in the road. But if they've outlasted the competition, ask for their stories about survival. They've figured out how to turn disappointments into opportunities.

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Martin Amis

We have a huge institution that celebrates the undistinguished, an institution which is nearly as old as the Papists. It's been going on for millennia. What else is a monarchy but a series of ridiculously exalted figures who are not necessarily distinguished at all? In fact, they have a rather philistine tradition. So perhaps we are more vulnerable to it than other countries.

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