James McBride Quotes
A lot of mixed-race stories are these navel-gazing, horrible accounts of mulatto tragedy.
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Appropriate assessments are a crucial part of effectively educating students. But they only measure a narrow segment of what kids need to learn.
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I believe that first impressions are very important.
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I really like the power of stopping the laughter and turning it to horror.
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When I play a solo I'm just expressing that moment. It can go horribly wrong easily enough.
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Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.
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You set paths for yourself, but as you get older, things change.
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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.
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I visualized high school as being like 'Saved By the Bell.' I decided I would do all the things they did on that show.
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One night I went to see Bobby at the Flamingo. Because he was my hero, I would visit him for inspiration.
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Disneyland is a show.
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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.
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What prevails in every corner of this globalized world is the real struggle of our species for its own survival.
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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.
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A kiss is a lovely trick designed by nature to stop speech when words become superfluous.
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I trained myself, whenever I walk into auditions, to hate everyone in the room.
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Fame gives you a high.
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One of the wonderful things about wrestling, to me, is that you can protect people who have had head injuries.
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What really excites me in a project is when it goes in a way you haven't been before.
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But she knew that no matter what beauty lay behind, it must remain there. No one could go forward with a load of aching memories.
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My father always said that Brazil is the place to 'make America,' and by 'make America' he meant the place to grow - to prosper.
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He was a man who looked at what ought to be done, not to the reputation which is got by a man's acts
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Today, when I hire, I look for people who want to be trained and molded.
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I have a fierce will to live. Others fight a little, then lose hope. Still others - and I am one of those - never give up. We fight and fight and fight. We fight no matter the cost of battle, the losses we take, the improbability of success. We fight to the very end.
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A lot of mixed-race stories are these navel-gazing, horrible accounts of mulatto tragedy.
