Ralph Ellison Quotes
I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.Ralph Ellison
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Nothing improves your confidence and brings a team together more than winning a cup.
Gary Neville -
I always point out to my Passover guests that the Hebrews were not living in isolation. They were at the crossroads of several great, elaborate cultures with their own mythology and religion and art and architecture and cultural belief. In fact, so many of the mythologies of the world describe the same events, just from different points of view.
Harold Ramis -
I want to do roles that take women a step farther. I don't want to be slotted into anything. But if I get a brilliant role which requires me to be a mother, then I will do it. But I want people to see that a woman could be anything at whatever age, even if she is married or has two kids.
Madhuri Dixit -
Only the mob and the elite can be attracted by the momentum of totalitarianism itself. The masses have to be won by propaganda.
Hannah Arendt -
When I was prepping for my Broadway debut as Romeo, it really hit me that I had never done that. I had trained at drama school for three years in my late teens to early 20s, and I'd studied Shakespeare, of course, but I hadn't actually performed it. So to do something like Romeo for my first Broadway role was a challenge.
Orlando Bloom -
There is something about poverty that smells like death.
Zora Neale Hurston
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We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made.
Dan Quayle -
Whither goest thou, America, in thy shiny car in the night?
Jack Kerouac -
But at the beginning it was clear to me that concrete poetry was peculiarly suited for using in public settings. This was my idea, but of course I never really much got the chance to do it.
Ian Hamilton Finlay -
I always say you can never be extravagant with beauty. Beauty is God made real. Beauty is life.
Imelda Marcos -
I had a passport where I wrote 'artist' under 'occupation' and I remember thinking, 'That's it, it's proved!'
Damien Hirst -
At times, training at home is a distraction, so training in Big Bear was a really good change.
Canelo Alvarez
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My mum brought me up to think that personal happiness is more important than your family.
Gail Porter -
You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword.
Samuel Johnson -
I'm rap's vigilante. I'm out for justice.
Action Bronson -
When I was 14, and for the next four years, I was lifting and hauling 10-gallon milk cans full of milk. That will put muscles on you even if you're not trying.
Harmon Killebrew -
You know, God has a plan for me, and I'm going to follow in his footsteps and just rejoice and be happy.
Gabby Douglas -
It's better to make fun of yourself because you've always got someone around to make fun of, and they can't sue you.
P. J. O'Rourke
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Poverty itself is not so bad as the poverty thought. It is the conviction that we are poor and must remain so that is fatal.
Orison Swett Marden -
Once you feel like you're being dictated by other people's expectations, it usually backfires.
Rob Zombie -
You've got to make a lot of sacrifices and spend a lot of time if you really want to achieve with this sport, or in any sport, or in anything truly worthwhile.
Arthur Ashe -
Successful people have fear, successful people have doubts, and successful people have worries. They just don't let these feelings stop them.
T. Harv Eker -
My parents and grandparents have always been engaged in teaching or the medical profession or the priesthood, so I've sort of grown up with a sense of complicity in the lives of other people, so there's no virtue in that; it's the way one is raised.
Colin Firth -
I am not ashamed of my grandparents for having been slaves. I am only ashamed of myself for having at one time being ashamed.
Ralph Ellison