Ernest Gaines Quotes
I was raised by a lady that was crippled all her life but she did everything for me and she raised me. She washed our clothes, cooked our food, she did everything for us. I don't think I ever heard her complain a day in her life. She taught me responsibility towards my brother and sisters and the community.
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What really matters is what's on the inside.
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My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
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Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.
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Immigrants use the library often. A lot of them don't have access to books and Internet at home. They seem so disconnected to the city.
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The mainstream sort of presentation of the civil rights movement was not something that I directly inherited.
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I'm so freaking competitive it's unbelievable.
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I saw the pilot for 'Girls' about six months before it aired.
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Gluttony is not a secret vice.
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Paddy Considine is a great friend of mine, and he is a natural actor because he is an artist, and I'm not an artist. If I ever blow my own trumpet, it's as a craftsman.
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I always wear flat shoes, because I can't walk in anything else.
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I'm a private intellectual, not a public one.
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If we're talking about masculinity and tenderness, I don't look at Clinton.
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If someone had told me in high school that one day I'd write an historical novel, I would have rolled my eyes.
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I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
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If you wish to make an apple pie from scratch, you must first invent the universe.
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The hajj is one of the five essential practices of Islam; when they make the pilgrimage to Mecca, Muslims ritually act out the central principles of their faith.
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As an actress, the joy of being able to play the three sides of any woman, which are the glamour, the pragmatic and the one not to be messed with, is pretty glorious.
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The human race is a very, very magical race. We have a magic power of witches and wizards. We're here on this earth to unravel the mystery of this planet. The planet is asking for it.
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The idea of confidence, of the emotions of the population, is an incredibly important one in economics. John Maynard Keynes called it 'animal spirit.' And if people are feeling generally good about the future, they're more likely to spend money, to start new companies; companies are more likely to hire people, make investments.
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I was a backstage kid. I was in the wings looking out.
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A middle finger is more New York than a corporate ambush. I bleed for my hometown, and I'd die for my fans.
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You have to go out there and give a piece of yourself -- your life, your soul. And you better give the audience everything you can -- physically, emotionally, musically. Then maybe they'll accept you and give you a standing ovation at the end.
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I like powerful women, and I gravitate to any point in history when a female has significant power. I can spend hours researching any such amazing lady, from Ching Shih to Hatshepsut to Boudica to Zenobia.
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I was raised by a lady that was crippled all her life but she did everything for me and she raised me. She washed our clothes, cooked our food, she did everything for us. I don't think I ever heard her complain a day in her life. She taught me responsibility towards my brother and sisters and the community.
