James Meredith Quotes

My statue at Ole Miss is a false idol. And it wasn't put there for my benefit. It was put there for Ole Miss and Mississippi.

James Meredith

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• I voted for Barack Obama.

  

  LaDainian Tomlinson
  • Barack Obama
  • Obama
  • Barack

• My parents taught me never to judge others based on whom they love, what color their skin is, or their religion.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Love
  • Parents
  • Religion

• I loved fairy tales as a kid, so that's where my mind gravitates.

  

  Gail Carson Levine
  • Mind
  • Loved
  • Kid

• You have to interpret what's hot to make it work on yourself. If tweed suits are in, but you're not a suit kind of girl, wear the jacket with jeans and a pair of Converses.

  

  Rachel Zoe
  • Work
  • Girl
  • Yourself

• Life is too short to blend in.

  

  Paris Hilton
  • Life
  • Too
  • Life Is Too Short

• One cannot be too careful in the selection of adjectives for descriptions. Words or compounds which describe precisely, and which convey exactly the right suggestions to the mind of the reader, are essential.

  

  H. P. Lovecraft
  • Mind
  • Words
  • Right

• I was sitting alone in a grim mood – furious that the press attacked Senator Edwards on the price of a haircut. But it inspired me – from now on, all haircuts, etc., that are necessary and important for his campaign – please send the bills to me... It is a way to help our friend without government restrictions.

  

  Rachel Lambert Mellon
  • Important
  • Friend
  • Inspired

• Well, you know, I - again, even in the context of BP, I wonder about this government's priorities. The federal government's top priority right now should be the cleanup. And BP certainly has done so many things wrong. They need to be held to account.

  

  Carly Fiorina
  • Done
  • Know
  • Government

• The patterns of big-band music are smooth and classical. It's got to be fresh. The brass section should crackle, like the sound of eggs being dropped into hot grease.

  

  Illinois Jacquet
  • Music
  • Band
  • Sound

• Both me and Ishmeet were very naughty. We used to have my grandfather's swords in the house. We used to take all these swords and take all the showpieces Mom had and slice them one by one. He actually locked my nana in the kitchen once for two hours.

  

  Karan Singh Grover
  • House
  • Mom
  • Kitchen

• I had art as a major, along with English, French and History. I had dance, modern dance. In English I was allowed to write my own poetry, which I eventually got published.

  

  Sally Kirkland
  • Art
  • History
  • Poetry

• The audiences love to see me fight on screen.

  

  Ram Charan
  • Fight
  • See
  • Screen

• I need physics more than friends.

  

  J. Robert Oppenheimer
  • Friends
  • Need
  • Physics

• I got to make 'Trishakti' with Arshad Warsi, who was a newcomer at that time. The movie took three years to complete and became dated by the time it was released. The movie did not even get a proper release and bombed at the box office. It was a very bad patch of my life and a big disaster for my career.

  

  Madhur Bhandarkar
  • Life
  • Time
  • Bad

• That fallacy flies in the face of studies that show, every day, in every way, things are getting a little worse for America's minorities relative to the progress made by those in the top percentiles of assets and income.

  

  Harold Washington
  • America
  • Day
  • Progress

• Even the most analytical thinkers are predictably irrational; the really smart ones acknowledge and address their irrationalities.

  

  Dan Ariely
  • Smart
  • Really
  • Thinkers

• People say Malala's voice is being sold to the world. But I see it as Malala's voice reaching the world and resonating globally. You should think about what is behind Malala's voice. What is she saying? I am only talking about education, women's rights, and peace.

  

  Malala Yousafzai
  • People
  • World
  • Women

• With sincerity and earnestness one can realize God through all religions. The Vaishnavas will realize God, and so will the Saktas, the Vedantists and the Brahmos. The Mussalmans and the Christians will realize him too. All will certainly realize God if they are earnest and sincere.

  

  Ramakrishna
  • God

• To combat the monotony of gym workouts, I started playing soccer. I looked at workouts as training sessions. My soccer training includes squats, pushups, resistance-band work, and sprints. Ninety minutes of running became part of my love of the game rather than a chore.

  

  Adam Richman
  • Work
  • Game
  • Running

• The reason I wanted to be an actor is that I don't want to play me for the rest of my life and make money out of that.

  

  James D'arcy
  • Life
  • Money
  • Rest

• When you are not part of an industry, your knowledge of that field is based on what you read and hear and on the stereotypes that are attached to it.

  

  Anushka Sharma
  • Knowledge

• I think for me, as far as cooking, some of it came naturally just from watching my dad. My dad was more of the cook than my mom was, so it's just handing it down from generation to generation. I just love to cook and have fun. And as performers, we love to cook, and we love to entertain people.

  

  Joey Fatone NSYNC
  • People
  • Fun
  • Dad

• The job of mayor of London is unbelievably taxing, particularly in the run-up to the Olympics.

  

  Boris Johnson
  • Up
  • Job

• My statue at Ole Miss is a false idol. And it wasn't put there for my benefit. It was put there for Ole Miss and Mississippi.

  

  James Meredith