Helen Suzman Quotes

I am provocative, and I admit this. It isn't as if I'm only on the receiving end, a poor, frail little creature. I can be thoroughly nasty when I get going, and I don't pull my punches.

Helen Suzman

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• In order to change the conversation about Muslims in American media, we need a diverse, unified movement of people who are willing to take a stand against anti-Muslim bias.

  

  Aasif Mandvi
  • People
  • American
  • Change

• A little recognition is not a bad thing because it means people appreciate your work. The only problem is when you can't walk down the street or have a meal without people looking at you. I want to be the one looking at people.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • People
  • Work
  • Bad

• Fear of death has never played a large part in my consciousness – perhaps unimaginative of me.

  

  A. N. Wilson
  • Death
  • Fear
  • Consciousness

• I think that's why I'm an actor: so I can tell those stories without having to really live through those stories with real consequences and real stakes, real responsibility.

  

  Aaron Lazar
  • Live
  • Real
  • Why

• The best physique I ever had was when I was ballet dancing.

  

  Manu Bennett
  • Best
  • Ballet
  • Dancing

• Who is to say that 5 men 10 years ago were right whereas 5 men looking the other direction today are wrong.

  

  Harry A. Blackmun
  • Men
  • Today
  • Direction

• I came from a crew, and to me, all the guys I rapped with were better than me, so I was surprised when I was the breakout one. It was definitely a cool thing.

  

  Queen Latifah
  • Cool
  • Better
  • Guys

• Growing up, a film was an action film or it was a comedy or it was romantic, but you don't really see such stark lines between genres nowadays.

  

  Beck
  • Up
  • Growing
  • Action

• I've done a little directing, but I love acting more.

  

  Danica McKellar
  • Acting
  • Little
  • Directing

• 'I’ve never seen a soft heart turn hard,' said Taleswapper. 'At least not without good reason.'

  

  Orson Scott Card
  • Good
  • Heart

• Yet now, as he roared across the night sky toward an unknown destiny, he found himself facing that bleak and ultimate question which so few men can answer to their satisfaction. What have I done with my life, he asked himself, that the world will be poorer if I leave it.

  

  Arthur C. Clarke
  • Life
  • World
  • Men

• Noises have generally been thought of as indistinct, but this is not true.

  

  Pierre Schaeffer
  • True

• I wanted to make a traditional record that had a lot of art and showed my vulnerable side and showed things I'm passionate about.

  

  Joe Nichols
  • Art

• You can't embrace your whole life if you're shut down. I found out that I can't just run away and shut down. I'm losing the rest of my life doing that.

  

  Steve Perry
  • Life
  • Rest

• I've only seen a handful of short clips of my U.S. Open win. I remember how I did it; I don't need to watch a video.

  

  Angel Cabrera
  • Remember

• I want the people to be able to see me and be able to see a great performance.

  

  Deontay Wilder
  • People
  • Great

• Having a birthday cake squashed into your face by young kids? Delicious. I always don a Santa suit at Christmas. Remaining childish is a tremendous state of innocence.

  

  John Joseph Lydon
  • Kids
  • Christmas
  • Birthday

• Screenwriting is a much more collaborative effort. When you write a novel, it's just you, with input from your editor.

  

  Meg Cabot
  • Effort

• Though leaves are many, the root is one; Through all the lying days of my youth I swayed my leaves and flowers in the sun Now I may wither into the truth.

  

  William Butler Yeats
  • May
  • Lying
  • Flower

• How, then, shall God give himself entirely to that one who, besides his God, loves creatures still?

  

  Alphonsus Liguori
  • God
  • Creatures
  • Loves

• I have a big following on Twitter, and Twitter has been invaluable for mobilizing and quickly sharing information. But I'm not really sure that people are learning deep content on Twitter.

  

  DeRay Mckesson
  • People
  • Learning
  • Deep

• You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Society
  • Faith
  • Humanity

• Art is for the artist is only suffering through which he releases himself for further suffering.

  

  Franz Kafka
  • Artist
  • Suffering
  • Art Is

• I am provocative, and I admit this. It isn't as if I'm only on the receiving end, a poor, frail little creature. I can be thoroughly nasty when I get going, and I don't pull my punches.

  

  Helen Suzman
  • Poor
  • Creatures
  • Nasty