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We were in the heart of the ghetto in Chicago during the Depression, and every block - it was probably the biggest black ghetto in America - every block also is the spawning ground practically for every gangster, black and white, in America too.

Quote by Quincy Jones about magic, depression, heart

I would say that the Pentagon Papers case of 1971 - in which the government tried to block the The New York Times and The Washington Post that they obtained from a secret study of how we got involved in the war in Vietnam - that is probably the...

Quote by Floyd Abrams about war, secret

The government would be able to go to court with respect to newspaper articles, broadcast pieces and the like that they thought were bad or harmful or even against the government and try to block them.

Quote by Floyd Abrams about bad luck, respect, thinking, bad

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to...

What sculpture is to a block of marble, education is to the soul.

Quote by Joseph Addison about education, soul

I'd never been in one of those great big blockbusters.

I'd never been in one of those great big blockbusters.

Quote by Michael Caine

It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and...

It is the eye of ignorance that assigns a fixed and unchangeable color to every object; beware of this stumbling block.

Quote by Paul Gauguin about obstacles, ignorance

The old Devil gets mad when you're trying to do good....

The old Devil gets mad when you're trying to do good. Pray that God will move the stumbling blocks.

Quote by Mahalia Jackson about obstacles, devil, pray, old, olderness, god, good, good luck

No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.

No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about money, man

You can go one block to the next in San Francisco and get...

You can go one block to the next in San Francisco and get a completely different opinion of what the issue is.

Quote by Don Johnson about opinion

The easy ways are always blocked.

The easy ways are always blocked.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about police

The easy way usually results in more damage done than...

The easy way usually results in more damage done than less or is blocked by a large, pissed off dog who hasn't eaten in a week.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about fire brigade

If used, sun block will always get into your eyes while...

If used, sun block will always get into your eyes while shooting the longest and most difficult stage.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about cowboys, sun, eyes

If you're already having a bad day, the shortest, most seemingly innocent trip will occur during the hottest, dustiest hour, along the most crowded, traffic-jammed street, with a broken traffic light, an accident blocking the way, wailing children...

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about light, children, bad luck, bad, day

Fort Leavenworth is in fact no fort, being without...

Fort Leavenworth is in fact no fort, being without defensive works, except two block-houses.

Quote by Francis Parkman about being

Well, look at all of these summer blockbusters. You can't...

Well, look at all of these summer blockbusters. You can't help but laugh a little, because you've already seen a lot of these movies 482 times.

Quote by Sean Penn about help

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning...

Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it, success is shy it won't come out while you're watching.

Quote by Tennessee Williams about succes

Religion stands, the Church blocking the sun.

Religion stands, the Church blocking the sun.

Quote by Stephen Harold Spender about religion, sun

Infinite These solitary hills have always been dear to me. Seated here, this sweet hedge, which blocks the distant horizon opening inner silences and interminable distances. I plunge in thought to where my heart, frightened, pulls back....

Quote by Giacomo Leopardi about infinite, thinking, eternity, voice, present, past, heart, spirit, time, love

Far Away: Who would've had so much darkness To be, to have been said? Who sees how death comes In my spirit the grim reaper? Night falls from somewhere, far away, Moving the ray from darkness into my temple The demon runs, splitting...

Quote by Aura Christi about poetry, hunger, air, word, earth, time, night, books, home, death

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