Ralph Ellison Quotes
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I was a big 'Battlestar Galactica' fan and 'Star Trek' fan. I grew up watching those.
Sam Heughan -
On the day when I was shot, all of my friends' faces were covered, except mine.
Malala Yousafzai -
Had I been injured on the freeway and not in combat, it is likely that I would be bankrupt even though I had medical insurance through my civilian employer.
Tammy Duckworth -
You can be revered for all sorts of qualities, but to be truly charismatic is rare. Elizabeth Taylor was, for me, one of those rarities.
Francesca Annis -
It may be a cold, clammy thing to say, but those that treat friendship the same as any other selfishness seem to get the most out of it.
E. W. Howe -
When the best leader's work is done the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'
Lao Tzu
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In any work you do, you can be profound one minute, and then you be superficial the next, and you can be smart and insightful and then insipid. There can be room for all that.
Maira Kalman -
I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.
J. B. Priestley -
I have always said that often the religion you were born with becomes more important to you as you see the universality of truth.
Ram Dass -
I keep wondering at night, 'Will I have a bank the next morning, or will some technology company be doing banking without needing a bank?'
Uday Kotak -
I have a free voice. I have a free mind. I have freedom of expression.
Larry Wilmore -
I learned that if you're going to be a troublemaker, you don't want a ton of witnesses, because there's inevitable fallout from living like you're in 'Lord of the Flies.'
Natasha Lyonne
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What I love about film is that everybody often connects to something so different, and things you couldn't anticipate when you were making the film, so you just make it as honest as possible.
Rachel McAdams -
I see many black males grasping for some thread of hope. There are so many destructive practices, glimpses into a psychic abyss. That must be very frightening.
Yusef Komunyakaa -
I'm very drawn to characters who are very flawed. I'm less interested in characters who are just good or bad, because to me then they're not real people.
Rachel Weisz -
No matter what you do, if there's something you're afraid of, you need to break through it.
Zola Jesus -
I'm not more or less conscious than any other rapper out there.
Benjamin Hammond "Ben" Haggerty -
I'm a stand-up. I'm never worried about getting my next role. That's never distressing to me.
T. J. Miller
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Regardless of how or where you enter Wall Street, use your inherent skills and strengths to succeed.
Adena Friedman -
I think work really is a life saver, because it carries you forward, which is good.
Joely Richardson -
I have since wandered among men of many races and many religions.
Alfred Russel Wallace -
I expected it to be overwhelming and all-encompassing, but having a kid brings you into the world in a whole different way.
Laura Fraser -
I don't want at the end of my life to look back at just a bunch of fictional movies I was involved in that kept taking me away from the real world.
Joel Edgerton -
There are few things in the world as dangerous as sleepwalkers.
Ralph Ellison