Ralph Ellison Quotes
Everywhere I've turned somebody has wanted to sacrifice me for my good-only they were the ones who benefited. And now we start on the old sacrificial merry-go-round. At what point do we stop?Ralph Ellison
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Dr. Phil is hiding something. Otherwise, why wouldn't he use his last name?
Garry Shandling -
I don't know what it's like in the U.S. but immigrants in the U.K. do the jobs the citizens won't do.
Eddie Izzard -
It's kind of amazing that people will travel because of a book. I admire that.
Frances Mayes -
I think it's the director's prerogative, not the studio's, to go back and reinvent a movie.
Oscar Isaac -
It was a matter of survival for the local people, but it was the most violent scene I have ever witnessed. The people in my group, feeling helpless, were all spellbound and aghast at the same time. I became a vegetarian shortly after that.
Wendie Malick -
I can speak French, understand Gaelic and know my history. That's the training music has given me.
Eddi Reader
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I have been extremely lucky with reviewers and critics throughout my career.
Kate Smith -
Whatever the price, identify it now. What will you have to go through to get where you want to be? There is a price you can pay to be free of the situation once and for all. It may be a fantastic price or a tiny one - but there is a price.
Harry Browne -
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
Napoleon Hill -
After the second and final time that I got hugely fat in my life and when I lost that weight six or seven years ago, I pretty much decided that I was going to stay in decent shape for the rest of my life.
J. K. Simmons -
'Bruce Lee' didn't work, and there were apprehensions about what the fans might say. People might have commented that Charan could have waited for some time before selecting me again. But that's what makes it a real achievement to me. People want to work with me because of the comfort level; nobody would work with you again otherwise.
Rakul Preet Singh -
Killing people because you don't like their ideas - it's a bad thing.
Salman Rushdie
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We happen to be the vanguard of that revolutionary struggle because we are the most dispossessed.
H. Rap Brown -
I don't think it's possible to separate out the strands of a writer's history, circumstances, life events, and that writer's themes.
Dani Shapiro -
We want every human being in the womb to be safe, not have these babies be killed to solve some dilemma.
Randall Terry -
So many roles for women demand that you make the audience fall in love with you or sympathise with you.
Felicity Kendal -
In a way, it's good not to be recognised as much off screen.
Laura Carmichael -
I am a compulsive and concise shopper.
Zac Posen
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What is it that love does to a woman? Without she only sleeps; with it alone, she lives.
Ovid -
We think if the economy remains weak that we could see mortgage rates trail down and we think that we could see rates below seven percent into early next year.
Franklin Raines -
I liked in television that you do some work, then you perform, then you stop and you have a break because they have to set up lights, and then you do some more work. I really liked the pace of it; it really agreed with me. I enjoyed it.
Allison Tolman -
I am definitely a person of color.
Vin Diesel -
This one is for the boys with the boomin system Top down AC with the coolin system
Nicki Minaj -
Everywhere I've turned somebody has wanted to sacrifice me for my good-only they were the ones who benefited. And now we start on the old sacrificial merry-go-round. At what point do we stop?
Ralph Ellison