Martin Delany Quotes
Our elevation must be the result of self-efforts and work of our own hands. No other human power can accomplish it. If we but determine it shall be so, it will be so.Martin Delany
Quotes to Explore
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I'm optimistic about people and about the planet and about nature. I think it's resilient, like people are.
Viggo Mortensen -
Remember that our sons and grandsons are going to do things that would stagger us.
Daniel Burnham -
As you get older, challenges arise that you aren't prepared for, but what got me through it was music.
Kate Voegele -
If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.
Harold Wilson -
I've wanted to be an actor for such a long time that I haven't had anything else in my thoughts. I think my family would have quite liked me to be a lawyer.
Ed Speleers -
We have to surmount the difficulties that face us and work steadfastly for the happiness and prosperity of our country.
Lal Bahadur Shastri
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In a lot of ways, I wasn't a normal teenager.
Victoria Justice -
Solange's new album, 'A Seat at the Table', is so many things at once: an antidote to hate, a celebration of blackness, an expression of the right to feel it all. After a move to Louisiana and period of self-reflection, the artist joined forces with a range of collaborators to put her new discoveries to music.
Tavi Gevinson -
The essence of science is independent thinking, hard work, and not equipment. When I got my Nobel Prize, I had spent hardly 200 rupees on my equipment.
C. V. Raman -
I let characters be human and flawed and relatable. When we do things that aren't that great, we can understand it.
Taylor Sheridan -
I've started doing my coaching badges, I'd like to be a manager one day.
Wayne Rooney -
If you respect a language and culture, it shows in your work.
A. R. Rahman
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The optimal use of natural resources can be made only if there is a well-thought-out policy framework for their exploitation towards a particular end use.
Kapil Sibal -
Spiritual practice should not be confused with grim duty. It is the laughter of the Dalai Lama and the wonder born with every child.
Jack Kornfield -
Many schools desperately need caring professionals like guidance counselors and social workers to ensure students' emotional, social and educational needs are met. But proposals to arm teachers are irresponsible and dangerous. The role of educators is to teach and nurture our children, not to be armed guards.
Randi Weingarten -
Never relinquish clothing to a hotel valet without first specifically telling him that you want it back.
Fran Lebowitz -
All of my high school issues are resolved!
Oscar Isaac -
Jay Cutler, he's a fine quarterback, but I think at times he gets a little nicked up.
Gale Sayers
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If this work can contribute in any way toward proving this, and at the same time arouse the conscience of the American people to a demand for justice to every citizen, and punishment by law for the lawless, I shall feel I have done my race a service.
Ida B. Wells -
Having women work with men is like having a grizzly bear work with salmon . . . dipped in honey.
Patrice O'Neal -
Christmas cookies can't help but be retro - they are memory first, sugar-flour-egg-redhot-gumdrop-sparkle reality second.
Dana Goodyear -
One day, I want to make a PG film.
Jackie Chan -
In a sense I've made the same film over and over again. In all of them I've asked, 'Who are we as Americans?
Ken Burns -
Our elevation must be the result of self-efforts and work of our own hands. No other human power can accomplish it. If we but determine it shall be so, it will be so.
Martin Delany