Ida B. Wells Quotes
There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms.Ida B. Wells
Quotes to Explore
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The Prophet Muhammad himself sought to erase any distinctions between the message he taught and that taught by Jesus, who he called God's 'spirit and word.'
Ibrahim Hooper -
Burroughs called his greatest novel 'Naked Lunch,' by which he meant it's what you see on the end of a fork. Telling the truth. It's very difficult to do that in fiction because the whole process of writing fiction is a process of sidestepping the truth. I think he got very close to it, in his way, and I hope I've done the same in mine.
J. G. Ballard -
I keep my perfume in the fridge. If someone sees me in the morning pushing aside the eggs to grab my perfume, it might look a little odd, but it's so refreshing to spray cold fragrance on your skin.
Becki Newton -
Sometimes people fear the truth. They'd rather not speak to you than know what you really think.
Paloma Faith -
I've always thought that I'd make a pretty good police officer, except maybe for the danger part. I have a rare medical condition that makes it difficult for me to risk getting shot, so probably I'd have to be one of those officers who work in 'do not shoot' areas.
W. Bruce Cameron -
I would like to be remembered as someone who did the best she could with the talent she had.
Joanne Rowling
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Exposure makes you famous, not just good work. Famous is being plastered everywhere.
Francesca Annis -
I feel blessed and humbled that people have loved my music. Nothing would be possible without their acceptance.
A. R. Rahman -
The dynamic element in my philosophy, taken as a whole, can be seen as an obstinate and untiring battle against the spirit of abstraction.
Gabriel Marcel -
I don't call myself a very good Christian, but I think I know one when I see one, and I also think I know when I don't.
Madison Smartt Bell -
Although some secrecy is odious, some is essential just to preserve our sense of self.
Ian Hacking -
I'm drawn to villains that are three-dimensional and raw and that I can kind of see in my own life.
Walton Goggins
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From age 16, I lived and breathed wine. I read every magazine and book about wine.
Gary Vaynerchuk -
When I started out, the idea of comfort in shoes was almost a dirty word.
Edgardo Osorio -
We need to make clear the federal government does not have authority to indefinitely detain U.S. citizens without due process or, for that matter, to use lethal force on U.S. citizens on U.S. soil if they don't pose imminent threats.
Ted Cruz -
I think everyone's experience with a terminal disease is so deeply personal and unique to the person, the context in which they're living and the relationships that they have.
Laura Linney -
A thing is not necessarily true because badly uttered, nor false because spoken magnificently.
Saint Augustine -
Cross-cultural marriage is difficult, especially when one person has to live in another country. But I thought there was a very good chance of it working because people grow together if they have a common passion.
Imran Khan
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Usually I like playing other people. I like finding myself through other characters. But when you do cabaret, you are yourself. I think it's the most fun, and I tell you, if somebody had told me that, I would have done it fifteen years earlier than I did.
Faith Prince -
From my debut until now, I've always wanted to sing and dance.
Namie Amuro -
When I put together a graphic novel, I don't think about literary prose. I think about storytelling.
Ted Rall -
Without a function, we cease to be. So, I will write till I die.
Farley Mowat -
“What are you going to do?,' he asked me. Me? Nothing. Something has just been broken inside me; you yourself will never be able to repair it.
Consuelo de Saint-Exupéry -
There is nothing we can do about the lynching now, as we are out-numbered and without arms.
Ida B. Wells