Frederick Douglass Quotes
Mr. Lincoln was not only a great President, but a great man - too great to be small in anything. In his company I was never in any way reminded of my humble origin, or of my unpopular color.Frederick Douglass
Quotes to Explore
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We say God and the imagination are one... How high that highest candle lights the dark.
Wallace Stevens -
My life is proof that I don't need you to do what I do. If there's no one to see it, I'll watch it.
Abel Ferrara -
The hardest thing in the world to do is to have someone in a seat in a theater laughing so hard that they're making weird sounds.
Adam McKay -
Analyzing what you haven't got as well as what you have is a necessary ingredient of a career.
Orison Swett Marden -
From 1 till 7, when we moved to England, I spoke only Portuguese.
Francesca Annis -
I'm lucky in some ways in that I really don't need more than five or so hours of sleep.
Iman
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Unfortunately, the United States has entered into several free trade agreements that do not sufficiently protect and support our manufacturing industries and the millions of American workers they employ.
Dan Kildee -
I chose the most explosive dress I could find. I put a ton of makeup on and some great round earrings. I looked like Jennifer Jones in Duel in the Sun.
Victoria Abril -
Instead of hating, I have chosen to forgive and spend all of my positive energy on changing the world.
Camryn Manheim -
After working so hard on the court, I find that snacks help me avoid late-afternoon energy lows.
Venus Williams -
I can't do choreographed movement. It has to come from my heart... and my pelvis.
Kate McKinnon -
That's a rule in the business. No tongue. You can't really get into it, otherwise, it's weird. I think that particular scene made his (Adam Brody) girlfriend jealous. There were issues.
Rachel Bilson
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I now realize that I am a gay man before anything else. Other gays may think they're a Jew first, or black, or a banker, but I'm gay.
Larry Kramer -
At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a noble profession.
Queen Elizabeth II -
A philosopher once said, 'Half of good philosophy is good grammar.'
A. P. Martinich -
I grew up really poor and have always been the type of person who will work earlier or work harder or more than the other person to even the playing field.
Barry Jenkins -
Showing up at school already able to read is like showing up at the undertaker's already embalmed: people start worrying about being put out of their jobs.
Florence King -
There are many women who came before me who didn't really have the same opportunities that I have had. That's why I always wanted to be a great ambassador - not only today's generation - but for the women who really didn't have a voice, but who paved the way for me.
Jackie Joyner-Kersee
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One of my business partners would remind me that no fashion line lasts forever, that we would hit the down curve eventually, and that we needed to look for new brands that complement the first one.
Daymond John -
Once in 1979, [Zbigniew] Brzezinski gave an important slogan: "Bye-bye PLO." After two months, I was in Tehran saying to him: "Bye-bye Brzezinski." Who can imagine that America will lose one of its strongest bases?
Yasser Arafat -
And what is friendship but a name,A charm that lulls to sleep,A shade that follows wealth or fame,And leaves the wretch to weep?
Oliver Goldsmith -
Veterans come from all walks of life, and they live in small towns and big cities, in red states and blue states.
John Delaney -
I think that the older I get and the more comfortable I get with myself, the more I realize that art is about relinquishing control of your emotions and being vulnerable and innocent.
K. D. Lang -
Mr. Lincoln was not only a great President, but a great man - too great to be small in anything. In his company I was never in any way reminded of my humble origin, or of my unpopular color.
Frederick Douglass