Burgess Owens Quotes
Dubois was the first black American to graduate from Harvard. He was accepted within the northern white intellectual circles as one of the 'best of his race.' As an avowed socialist, he was the only black member of the original 19 wealthy socialist founders of the NAACP.Burgess Owens
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I played competitive golf all my life. Then all of a sudden, when I quit playing the game, I've got all this spare time and this energy. And certainly I wasn't ready to pack up my bags and go sit in front of the television with a shawl on.
Jack Nicklaus -
Not a lot of people get to go to the Olympics - especially with the chance I've got.
Adam Peaty -
But if you want to be in a band and write music, then you should just be in a band and write music.
Adam Jones -
Celebs says we have no time for love, but I wouldn't say that.
Randeep Hooda -
The bottom line is, I want us to rebound, defend, share the ball, play hard. That's all. Now if you can't do that, if that's not important enough to you, it's not on me.
Larry Brown -
I look a certain way. I have a very specific kind of look.
Famke Janssen
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The mistake of the West was to put the Sauds on the throne of Saudi Arabia and give them control of the world's oil fortune, which they then used to propagate Wahhabi Islam.
Salman Rushdie -
Any competent actor could have done what I did.
Larry Hovis -
I'd love to have William Faulkner, Beethoven and Bach over. I want to find out what makes those guys tick!
Candy Crowley -
Soon, I'll be like all the others. The time will come for all of us, but the ideas of the Cuban Communists will remain.
Fidel Castro -
Musical theater is one of my passions.
Patrick Wilson -
People in their handlings of affairs often fail when they are about to succeed. If one remains as careful at the end as he was at the beginning, there will be no failure.
Lao Tzu
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The musical has always been in jeopardy - until - or was in jeopardy until it was realised that it is probably the safest living theatre art form.
Harold Prince -
Violence is a big problem. Too many children are dying. Too many children. We must do something.
Gabrielle Giffords -
Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat.
Oscar Wilde -
When I started as a child actor, my father didn't tell me anything.
Mahesh Babu -
My parents made certain I had no illusions about acting. To them, it was always just a job.
Sam Robards -
I have a mantra in my head that there will always be another meal. I can put my fork down, knowing there will be good things in my future!
Gail Simmons
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Schools are not exam factories for the rat race.
Johann Lamont -
...the question now was...whether that beautiful fabric the English constitution...was to be maintained in that freedom...for which blood had been spilt; or whether we were to submit to that system of despotism, which had so many advocates in this country.
Charles James Fox -
Sometimes I feel like there are just too many things weighing on my mind at once, and I can't control my thoughts or even my body at times.
Vic Fuentes -
I think the greatest star in American at the moment is Kevin Costner.
Jeremy Brett -
Our family's fortune is growing faster than ever. We're a part of a small number of American families that own most of the country's wealth. But having so much in the hands of so few can't be good for America.
Jamie Johnson -
Dubois was the first black American to graduate from Harvard. He was accepted within the northern white intellectual circles as one of the 'best of his race.' As an avowed socialist, he was the only black member of the original 19 wealthy socialist founders of the NAACP.
Burgess Owens