Jewell Parker Rhodes Quotes
To me, the pinnacle of my career is writing for youth. I can die happy: I have succeeded in doing what I have always wanted to do.
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I haven't written my memoirs or let the television movie be made about my life.
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Never have I found the limits of the photographic potential. Every horizon, upon being reached, reveals another beckoning in the distance. Always, I am on the threshold.
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The whole gun debate needs to be infused with a discussion about manhood. It's frustrating to hear debates about gun rights vs. gun control, and yet very few people say what's hidden in plain sight: It's really a contest of meanings about manhood.
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The ability of discerning high quality unavoidably implies the ability of identifying shortcomings.
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One of the most widely read novels by a black American is Ralph Ellison's 'Invisible Man.' It is his masterwork - it won the National Book Award in 1953 and catapulted my man to the highest levels of literary esteem.
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I believe that I'm a hillbilly in my values and in my attitudes, and I don't want to lose that. I think it's possible to maintain a big chunk of that identity so long as you're self-reflective and meaningful about it.
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Each poem in becoming generates the laws by which it is generated: extensions of the laws to other poems never completely take.
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On the contrary, I'm a strong believer in the necessity of imperfection coming into the film.
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Our relationship with Mexico in this regard is unique for us, and in many respects unique in the world.
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In general, being likeable is more about being interested - rather than interesting. Indeed, a good way to convince someone that you are an awesome conversationalist is to simply shut up and let the other person talk.
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There are things that bother me. I try not to let them, but they do.
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I don't think that our European Union membership precludes us from building an illiberal new state based on national foundations.
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To expect too much is to have a sentimental view of life and this is a softness that ends in bitterness.
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There is a certain aesthetic pleasure in trying to imagine the unimaginable and failing, if you are a reader.
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I really believe in the idea of the future.
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One of the things I did to make myself feel better is that I kicked up my running even more. I knew that I had to stay active, that I had to keep living as if my life was actually going to unfold naturally because when you stop, when you freeze, and you think about it, that's when the demons come and can drag you down.
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I have my hands full with my kids and so romance is not high on my list of priorities.
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I always love China, especially the old China.
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I do not like assassins, or men of low character.
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It will take a long time for women's effect on politics to register so that we may properly appraise it.
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In China, there is a long history of the government not revealing information, so it’s difficult for the Chinese people to ever know the truth. It is vital that we try to bring that truth to life.
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Off the bat, I played bad. But I didn't let that get to me. I just kept scrambling.
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The rights of one sex, political and otherwise, are the same as those of the other sex, and this equality of rights ought to be fully recognized.
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To me, the pinnacle of my career is writing for youth. I can die happy: I have succeeded in doing what I have always wanted to do.
