Darryl Pinckney Quotes
When writing on black life, whites have often been unwelcome, usually called upon to give witness or hauled in as the accused.
Darryl Pinckney
Quotes to Explore
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Oh while I live, to be the ruler of life, not a slave, to meet life as a powerful conqueror, and nothing exterior to me will ever take command of me.
Walt Whitman
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When she was younger, my mother was quite committed to Roman Catholicism. But she got disillusioned with it and moved closer to something like Buddhist beliefs near the end of her life.
Ralph Fiennes
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I'm not the sort of person who wants to live my life doing just one thing. I like to go around and do as many things as possible.
Cameron Dallas
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The Constitution remains brilliant in its overall design and sound with respect to the Bill of Rights and the separation of powers. But there are numerous archaic provisions that inhibit constructive change and adaptation. These constitutional bits affect the daily life of the republic and every citizen in it.
Larry J. Sabato
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I am just doing photo shoots. It's not something that extraordinary. I'm not a great artist, I'm not writing books, I'm not a painter, and people in the streets ask me for a picture or a note, and I say, 'Why?'
Carine Roitfeld
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In New York, you walk everywhere, so you're amongst people all of the time, and everybody is in a hurry and going somewhere or has something on their minds. And in L.A., it's still much more of a laid-back life, at least in my experience.
Dakota Fanning
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People, in whatever walk of life, would be surprised if they just gave themselves a chance by believing in what they are.
Hale Irwin
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When I look back at what I had to go through in black baseball, I can only marvel at the many black players who stuck it out for years in the Jim Crow leagues because they had nowhere else to go.
Jackie Robinson
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There are very little things in this life I cannot afford and patience is one of them.
Larry Hagman
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In all ranks of life the human heart yearns for the beautiful; and the beautiful things that God makes are his gift to all alike.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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I find myself, by happy accident, writing 'Young Adult' fiction. However, I dislike such categories.
Mal Peet
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I learnt a whole lot from my mother. About music, relationships, being a good person, loving people, the whole of life. I learnt about everything from her. Every single day I think about her. All through the day.
R. Kelly
