Ralph Ellison Quotes
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My parents came to see me in a play at Eton when I was 16. And then, when I said I wanted to try for drama school, they knew there was enough passion there for them to be brave and back me.
Damian Lewis -
I often get mistaken for Dumbledore. One wizard is very much like another.
Ian Mckellen -
I just wanted to give them the 'Lost Jewelry' so they can say, 'Yo, they get that's mean.' And then when I tell 'em, 'Yo, that ain't even the meal. Get ready for the meal!' That's when we 'bout to go crazy because the taste of the appetizer.
Raekwon -
I read people; that's one of my strengths. It's not that I can't be fooled, but I'm not fooled often.
Jack Keane -
When theology erodes and organization crumbles, when the institutional framework of religion begins to break up, the search for a direct experience which people can feel to be religious facilitates the rise of cults.
Daniel Bell -
The idea would be in my mind - and I know it sounds strange - is that the most important advances in medicine would be made not by new knowledge in molecular biology, because that's exceeding what we can even use. It'll be made by mathematicians, physicists, computer scientists, figuring out a way to get all that information together.
Patrick Soon-Shiong
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Have the courage to act instead of react.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. -
I've been playing both sides of the law my entire career. It's not really surprising for me to be doing opposing sides simultaneously. I would argue that even though my character on 'Hawaii Five-0' originated on the wrong side of the law, I'd say he's worked his way over to the good side.
Ian Anthony Dale -
The problem of telling contemporary history is that your message gets outdated.
Salman Rushdie -
The main problem is that for a boycott to be effective, you must first persuade thousands - maybe even millions of others - to go along, which is a lot of work and usually not successful.
L. Neil Smith -
You could cover the whole earth with asphalt, but sooner or later green grass would break through.
Ilya Ehrenburg -
Both my wife and I went to Harvard, and it's incredibly exciting that our son and daughter are going there and have the chance to experience it. There are many awesome opportunities at Harvard. That's one of its greatest frustrations - not having enough time to take the classes you want to take.
Carlton Cuse
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The verdict of the world is conclusive.
Saint Augustine -
A goal is a dream with a deadline.
Napoleon Hill -
I love getting presents. And awards. I'd do whatever they told me to do.
Jacki Weaver -
I'm not going to change my game because I got hurt.
Zach LaVine -
One person I find fascinating is J.Crew's Mickey Drexler. I would love to get into that brain and see how it works.
Imran Amed -
Everything I make as a producer, I visualize it as a DJ first. And all those beats, I test them as a DJ.
David Guetta
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History, having destroyed the religion as the opium of the people, now requires that they be given a taste of the real stuff.
Auberon Waugh -
In America a woman loses her independence for ever in the bonds of matrimony. While there is less constraint on girls there than anywhere else, a wife submits to stricter obligations. For the former, her father's house is a home of freedom and pleasure; for the latter, her husband's is almost a cloister.
Alexis de Tocqueville -
I often ask myself if I am afraid of being detained again. I love freedom as much as anybody else, maybe more than most. But it is a tragedy to live your life in fear. It is worse than actually losing your freedom.
Ai Weiwei -
Hundreds of political prisoners still suffer in Tibetan prisons. Freedom of speech is not allowed in any sense. It is illegal to possess a photo of the Dalai Lama.
Joanna Lumley -
...there's always an element of crime in freedom.
Ralph Ellison