Jean Toomer Quotes
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For women in, say, Alabama, 'feminism' is a dirty word. They would never march in the streets. But although they don't think of themselves as the beneficiaries of feminism, they are.
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I was making comebacks every single year. That makes it difficult mentally. It causes a lot of stress.
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In case of doubt, do a little more than you have to.
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Nobody can teach what is inside a person; it has to be discovered for oneself and a way must be found to express it.
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Every generation comes with a unique athlete, I don't think anybody wants to be the next Nadia; they want to be themselves.
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It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
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I don't start writing a script until I can see it all in my head, then it's a matter of getting it down in white heat.
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The child is pronounced pretty. I think it quite otherwise.
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I fight for other people better than I fight for myself.
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I don't really go out at night in terms of noisy, busy places; I prefer more of a quiet corner somewhere.
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I did a lot of stunts, so the harness work isn't foreign to me either.
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My father loves people. No matter what their race, no matter what their position in life, he treated everyone with kindness and love and respect. And that was instilled in me just by watching him.
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I hate to tell you this, but there's an entire subset of people out there who think of me as quite a dull actor. And that's the word used, and often – dull.
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The reactions of organic magnesium compounds are of two kinds - reactions of substitution and reactions of addition.
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Very often there's this misapprehension about actors being people that need to display themselves, to reveal themselves in public.
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I'd like us to deliver a little message to all the men still out there who think it's the '50s, and coming home simply means watching television with a beer.
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I have worked hard since my childhood and worked as a labourer. I put my mind and heart into it.
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History, whether sacred or profane, hides her teaching from those who study her through coloured glasses. She only reveals truth to those who look through the cold clear medium of passionless inquiry, who seek the Truth without determining first the masquerade in which alone they will receive it.
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I have transcended that phase in my intellectual growth where I discover humour in simple freakishness. What exists is real; therefore it is tragic, since wherever lives must die. Only fantasy, the vapours rising from sheer nonsense, can now excite my laughter.
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To prevent enabling oppression, we demand that black people be twice as good. To prevent verifying stereotypes, we pledge to never eat a slice a watermelon in front of white people.
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The poem 'What Teachers Make' is not without its detractors. This one person wrote to me and said: 'Gee, Mr. Mali. You don't possibly have a teacher – God complex, do you?' And that was the first time I'd ever heard of that expression. So, yeah, I'm sure I have a teacher – God complex.
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I think the greatest of people in society carved niches that represented the unique expression of their combinations of talents, and if everyone had the luxury of expressing the unique combinations of talents in this world, our society would be transformed overnight.
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Fear is a noose that binds until it strangles.
