James McBride Quotes

A lot of mixed-race stories are these navel-gazing, horrible accounts of mulatto tragedy.

James McBride

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• Indians invest more in Britain than in the rest of European Union combined. It is not because they want to save on interpretation costs, but because they find an environment that is welcoming and familiar.

  

  Narendra Modi
  • Want
  • Rest
  • Environment

• Appropriate assessments are a crucial part of effectively educating students. But they only measure a narrow segment of what kids need to learn.

  

  Randi Weingarten
  • Kids
  • Learn
  • Students

• I believe that first impressions are very important.

  

  F. W. de Klerk
  • Believe
  • Important

• I really like the power of stopping the laughter and turning it to horror.

  

  T. C. Boyle
  • Power
  • Laughter
  • Horror

• When I play a solo I'm just expressing that moment. It can go horribly wrong easily enough.

  

  J Mascis
  • Play
  • Enough
  • Moment

• Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.

  

  W. Somerset Maugham
  • Men
  • Mind
  • Stress

• You set paths for yourself, but as you get older, things change.

  

  Ian McShane
  • Change
  • Yourself
  • Paths

• I do love that witches haven't really been explored that much. Usually, witches are the little side character... a bad female character that comes in and leaves.

  

  Madchen Amick
  • Character
  • Female
  • Witches

• I visualized high school as being like 'Saved By the Bell.' I decided I would do all the things they did on that show.

  

  Vanessa Ray
  • School
  • High
  • High School

• One night I went to see Bobby at the Flamingo. Because he was my hero, I would visit him for inspiration.

  

  Wayne Newton
  • Inspiration
  • Hero
  • Flamingo

• Disneyland is a show.

  

  Walt Disney
  • Show
  • Disneyland

• You take somebody that cries their goddam eyes out over phoney stuff in the movies, and nine times out of ten they're mean bastards at heart.

  

  J. D. Salinger
  • Heart
  • Eyes
  • Movies

• What prevails in every corner of this globalized world is the real struggle of our species for its own survival.

  

  Fidel Castro
  • World
  • Real
  • Struggle

• I have, indeed, lived most of my life overseas, but I've returned repeatedly to work in film, special television productions, and the New York theater. There have also been tributes and similar occasions that have called me back to Hollywood. I've returned so often, I almost feel that I've never left.

  

  Olivia De Havilland
  • Life
  • Work
  • New York

• A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.

  

  Ingrid Bergman
  • Nature
  • Words
  • Kiss

• I trained myself, whenever I walk into auditions, to hate everyone in the room.

  

  Adam Driver
  • Hate
  • Myself
  • Walk

• Fame gives you a high.

  

  Hansika Motwani
  • High
  • You
  • Fame

• One of the wonderful things about wrestling, to me, is that you can protect people who have had head injuries.

  

  Daniel Bryan
  • People
  • Me
  • Wrestling

• We live in the Facebook era. I think everyone, not just celebrities, have an unprecedented level of self-awareness, of presenting yourself to the world. The truth is, it starts with how you look, and that goes into how you dress.

  

  Allison Williams
  • World
  • Live
  • Truth

• Way back in the '70s, I was approached to talk about the story I'd write for a Spider-Man movie. They also talked to me about Batman. I had to think about it, but that was way, way back when.

  

  John Carpenter
  • Movie
  • Batman

• When George Graham was there they complained, harking back to better days, but I think that's a fantasy.

  

  Alan Hansen
  • I Think
  • Fantasy
  • George Graham

• If I can't be daring in my work or the way I live my life, then I don't really see the point of being on this planet.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
  • Life
  • Work
  • Live

• The thing about San Francisco is that it has this kind of magical quality.

  

  Muddy Waters
  • Kind
  • Quality
  • San Francisco

• A lot of mixed-race stories are these navel-gazing, horrible accounts of mulatto tragedy.

  

  James McBride