Valerie Wilson Wesley Quotes
Black children need to see their lives reflected in the books they read. If they don't, they won't feel welcome in the world of literature. The lives of African-Americans are rich and diverse, and the books our children read should reflect that.
Valerie Wilson Wesley
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I have loved movies as the number one thing in my life so long that I can't ever remember a time when I didn't.
Quentin Tarantino
I knew what kind of actor I was going to be, and I looked for inspiration to people like Alec Guinness, Cyril Cusack, Timothy Spall and Jim Broadbent. I looked at them and thought, 'They play human beings as they really are.'
Eddie Marsan
Wearing too much makeup definitely makes my skin worse.
Paloma Elsesser
I meant that the Chinese people are not aware of their own entrapment. They believe they live in a free society, but don't realize how much they are being monitored and controlled, how much the information they receive is restricted and warped, until they step out of line, that is, and feel the heavy hand of the state fall on them.
Ma Jian
People need to take as much interest in other sports as they take in cricket, and that's where we come across a vicious cycle of performance, sponsorship, recognition, jobs and TV visibility. It's a typical chicken-and-egg story; each one is directly related to the other without an answer for what comes first.
Gagan Narang
I felt like people only knew me as a singer who dated pretty girls.
Adam Levine
Maroon 5
People who understand context would be steamed to have someone else dictating how they can call it.
Larry Wall
And if you come and see me,you will upset the order.You cannot come and see me,for I set myself apart.But when you come and see me,in California,you cross the border of my heart.
Joanna Newsom
Dinosaurs may be extinct from the face of the planet, but they are alive and well in our imaginations.
Steve Miller
The Steve Miller Band
I am very organic; I eat a lot of seeds. At home in the morning, I eat muesli with a banana. At noon, I mix a little bit of all the seeds I can find. I love quinoa. It's great - it cooks like rice and is better than caviar.
Clotilde Hesme
Diamonds are intrinsically worthless, except for the deep psychological need they fill.
Nicky Oppenheimer
Black children need to see their lives reflected in the books they read. If they don't, they won't feel welcome in the world of literature. The lives of African-Americans are rich and diverse, and the books our children read should reflect that.
Valerie Wilson Wesley
