Ralph Ellison Quotes
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We are not accepting that countries just get to sit back and let the United States meet threats that are going to roost in their worlds just as easily as they are in ours.
Samantha Power -
You turn up on set, and somebody who has come out of Oxford, has done a BBC course, is telling you how to act. You think, 'Do me a favour. Go and make a coffee.'
Eddie Marsan -
I'm not looking to shock anyone.
Victoria Justice -
You have to find out how to become the character.
Kara Hayward -
There was a time I desperately needed for the world to know that I was no category guy. My whole goal in life was to reach that certain success where people will say, 'Hey, that guy can do anything. He's the Evel Knievel of music. He's jumping over 15 buses!'
R. Kelly -
The death of my kid made me a stronger person. There's no end to what I'm willing to do.
Carl Paladino
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Do you know why dogs are man's best friend? It's because they're not in politics.
Yitzhak Navon -
Millions of us, myself included, go back generations in this country, with ancestors who put in the painstaking work to become citizens. So we don't like the notion that anyone might get a free pass to American citizenship.
Barack Obama -
Well, after the divorce, I went home and turned all the lights on!
Larry David -
It's easy to get published once you have written a really good book and the hard part, 99 percent of what you need to worry about, is really finishing it.
Laini Taylor -
I am the father of twin sons that were born in Philadelphia at Pennsylvania Hospital in 1983. They were 13 weeks premature. Gerry weighed 1 pound 14 ounces, and Zachary 1 pound 11 ounces. They were the first male twins to ever survive at Pennsylvania Hospital.
H. G. Bissinger -
When you make a movie, it's up to so many things and so many people.
Gary Cole
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Attempting to get at truth means rejecting stereotypes and cliches.
Harold Evans -
The non-utility of my kitchen could be transformed into its utility for art. To do a show there would mix art and life, naturally.
Hans-Ulrich Obrist -
It's not like I go out there to be a sex symbol. I mean, it's nice of course - but embarrassing.
Daniel Craig -
I'm a darned good listener.
Naomi Judd -
I still enjoy doing music. I'm not going to stop doing it, and doing it the way that I feel it should be done.
Ice Cube -
Growing up, I thought I was going to be Madonna. I wanted to be a pop star. I wanted to dance and sing.
Natalie Maines
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Growing up, I was a dancer. I wanted to be a choreographer.
Gal Gadot -
I'm not eager to jump into marriage again. I'm in the corner right now, wearing my dunce cap. That area is obviously a nightmare.
Lisa Marie Presley -
We all have those dreams we've never let go of. But believe it or not, sometimes a job that we're not that keen on can help us achieve those dreams or goals.
John Rampton -
If you go to pretty much everywhere in the developing world, you will find Bob Marley murals, and you'll find people playing his music.
Kevin Macdonald -
I am now working on the second WWI story and find the challenge marvelous.
Anne Perry -
...the world is possibility if only you'll discover it.
Ralph Ellison