Quote by Gil Scott-Heron
Every once in a while, you live long enough to get the respect tha

Every once in a while, you live long enough to get the respect that people didnt want to give while you were trying to become a senior citizen. – Gil Scott-Heron

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Ive always had questions about what it meant to be a protester, to be in the minority. Are the people who are trying to find peace, who are trying to have the Constitution apply to everybody, are they really the radicals? Were not protesting from the outside. Were inside. – Gil Scott-Heron

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Everything thats bad for you catches on too quickly in America, because thats the easiest thing to get people to invest in, the pursuits that are easy and destructive, the ones that bring out the least positive aspects of people. – Gil Scott-Heron

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Music has the power to make me feel good like nothing else does. It gives me some peace for a while. Takes me back to who I really am. – Gil Scott-Heron

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In my old age Ive come to find that if you respect other people, you feel better about yourself. – Bijou Phillips

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Ive discovered that Ive never had much respect for money, and that has meant that money has ended up ruling me a little bit more than it should have. So Im trying to learn – at this late stage in life! – to actually control that. – Rufus Sewell

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I carried through well with my tennis. I got the respect by usage of the tennis racket. – Gabriela Sabatini

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Eisenhower was my war hero and the President I admire and respect most. – Ethel Merman

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