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I did it to myself. It wasnt society... it wasnt a pusher, it wasn

I did it to myself. It wasnt society… it wasnt a pusher, it wasnt being blind or being black or being poor. It was all my doing. – Ray Charles

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Musics been around a long time, and theres going to be music long after Ray Charles is dead. I just want to make my mark, leave something musically good behind. If its a big record, thats the frosting on the cake, but musics the main meal. – Ray Charles

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Music
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Ray Charles
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Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory. – Ray Charles

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Learning
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Music is my life, professionally, for nearly 60 years. To be recognized by the academy is still the highest honor. – Ray Charles

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I think the first duty of society is justice. – Alexander Hamilton

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We live in a society of victimization, where people are much more comfortable being victimized than actually standing up for themselves. – Marilyn Manson

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But the development of human society does not go straight forward and the epic process will therefore be a recurring process, the series a recurring series – though not in exact repetition. – Lascelles Abercrombie

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Conservatism is a hard choice for a society that has become accustomed to big government and big entitlements promoted by liberals. – Jesse Helms

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If I get a hard audience they are not going to get away until they laugh. Those seven laughs a minute — Ive got to have them. – Ken Dodd

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Im still that little girl who lisped and sat in the back of the car and threw vegetables at the back of her head when we drove home from the market. That never goes. – Tracey Ullman

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Sex without love is merely healthy exercise. – Robert A. Heinlein

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You know, all that really matters is that the people you love are happy and healthy. Everything else is just sprinkles on the sundae. – Paul Walker

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