Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Quotes

When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained an appreciation of the Harlem Renaissance, a time when African-Americans rose to prominence in American culture. For the first time, they were taken seriously as artists, musicians, writers, athletes, and as political thinkers.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

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I swear allegiance to the Republic of Sudan.

Salva Kiir Mayardit
- Swear
- Republic
- Sudan
What happened was I saw this ad for a yogurt plant for sale. It was in my junk mail pile, and I threw it into the garbage can. And then about half an hour later, with the dirt on it, I picked it up from the garbage can, and I called out of curiosity.

Hamdi Ulukaya
- Up
- Curiosity
- Plant
A writer is a human being. He has to live with a sense of honor.

Irwin Shaw
- Live
- Human
- Honor
Be there for your kids. Later, when you need them, they'll be there for you.

Zig Ziglar
- Kids
- You
- Need
I have written a lot about the fine arts, but I'd never written about the literary arts, and so on some level Dante really, you know, spoke to me, as new ground but also familiar ground.

Dan Brown
- Know
- Written
- Arts
I believe that stories find writers, writers don't find stories. With the 'Pendragon' series, I actually had multiple story ideas and decided that instead of writing them individually, I would create a character whose journey would thread them all together.

D. J. MacHale