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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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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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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Against my will, in the course of my travels, the belief that everything worth knowing was known at Cambridge gradually wore off. In this respect my travels were very useful to me. – Bertrand Russell

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Well you know, I have the utmost respect for people like Angelina Jolie and Zoe Saldana in Colombiana. – Gina Carano

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I have a respect for manners as such, they are a way of dealing with people you dont agree with or like. – Margaret Mead

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Anybody who asks for democracy to be introduced should respect the results of democracy. – Ismail Haniyeh

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