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The breakdown of the black community, in order to maintain slavery, began with the breakdown of the black family. Men and women were not legally allowed to get married because you couldn't have that kind of love. It might get in the way of the economics of slavery. Your children could be taken from you and literally sold down the river.

If I get rejected for a part, I pick myself up and say, 'OK, not today, maybe tomorrow I'll get this other part or something.'

It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.

Oh, for God's sake... get a life, will you?

I usually get myself into situations that cause sparks. I mean I'm a girl that likes the storms. I love feeling alive, I love walking out in the cold in my bare feet and feeling the ice on my toes.

We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life.

I like to get in among a set of people and get to know them very well.

Go as far as you can see; when you get there, you'll be able to see farther.

I'll always be this crazy, fun person, but when it's time to get married, I'm going to be an amazing wife.

Well, I needed the work - that's the honest answer. I haven't worked for a while, a couple of years. So I thought it would be nice to get back to work and earn some money.

The highest reward for a person's toil is not what they get for it, but what they become by it.

You're just left with yourself all the time, whatever you do anyway. You've got to get down to your own God in your own temple. It's all down to you, mate.

When I'm not working, I get very down, but when I am working, I get very immersed in it.

People might not get all they work for in this world, but they must certainly work for all they get.

When grandpa was ill and could've died, I would have swapped all my record sales so he could get well. He is the reason I am a singer. He was my best friend growing up.

It's hard to do it because you gotta look people in the eye and tell 'em they're irresponsible and lazy. And who's gonna wanna do that? Because that's what poverty is, ladies and gentlemen. In this country, you can succeed if you get educated and work hard. Period. Period.

It seems like such a terrible shame that innocent civilians have to get hurt in wars, otherwise combat would be such a wonderfully healthy way to rid the human race of unneeded trash.

Do you know the difference between education and experience? Education is when you read the fine print; experience is what you get when you don't.

I get a lot of the ideas when I'm resting - either when I'm meditating or getting some kind of work done on my back, like physical therapy or acupuncture. That's where I get my best ideas, maybe because I'm balancing my body.

When I sing, I feel like when you're first in love. It's more than sex. It's that point two people can get to they call love, when you really touch someone for the first time, but it's gigantic, multiplied by the whole audience. I feel chills.

First we have to recognize that the cause of poverty is both structural and behavioral. And the first thing about the behavior part is that we need a moral revolution within the African American community. Look - no white racist makes you get pregnant when you are a black teenager.

People who want the most approval get the least and people who need approval the least get the most.

If it's not working before you get married, marriage isn't going to fix it.

I get asked a lot why Apple's customers are so loyal. It's not because they belong to the Church of Mac! That's ridiculous.

The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, "How is the president?"

When the line started to blur between the fans and the players, sometimes things can get ugly.

I don't understand why people would want to get rid of pigeons. They don't bother no one.

My wife - to-be and I went to see my father. Only he could answer the two questions before us: Shall we get married now? Shall I begin the practice of law, or continue being the successful wine salesman I had become, working my way through law school?

Polygamy: An endeavour to get more out of life than there is in it.

Art is why I get up in the morning but my definition ends there. You know I don't think its fair that I'm living for something I can't even define.