William Wells Brown Quotes
All I demand for the black man is, that the white people shall take their heels off his neck, and let him have a chance to rise by his own efforts.
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When I was on 'Trauma,' the first order was six, which turned to 12, and then there were rumors of getting cancelled. I'm used to that.
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Sometimes a role might be difficult on my throat.
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That's what I love about our music - it'll never be a hit because you can't dance to it.
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One can never know enough. The unknown and its call lies even in what we know.
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Never stand still. Only stand still enough to learn, and once you stop learning in that stance, move off. Always keep yourself engaged, in theater, in whatever job you can get. If you can't get an acting job, then go backstage. Or take tickets. But be around actors because that is where you will primarily learn.
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People want to see a movie that casts a mature woman across from a mature man.
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
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In France, successive waves of Gaul, Visigoth, and Frank have swept over the land and have dominated it. But the fair hair and blue eyes and the clear skin of the conquering races have been submerged by the rising and overflow of the dusky blood of the original population.
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Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
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A teacher should have a creative mind.
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There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles them.
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There's no biography so interesting as the one in which the biographer is present.
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I was born by myself but carry the spirit and blood of my father, mother and my ancestors. So I am really never alone. My identity is through that line.
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Gautham was a premature baby. I remember when doctors said that his health condition was critical, I was tense. I could afford the treatment, but a lot of commoners can't. I believe more children's lives can be saved if we work towards it.
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All I can do is leave it in God's hands and hope that my fans feel where I'm coming from.
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There's something really fun about being scared, and I guess that was at least part of why I wanted to film certain scenes from my new book, 'Skeleton Creek.'
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The kind of audience I'm speaking to is a very wide range of people.
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These days, the scientific community accepts me. But getting to that point was tremendously hard, and I think it required a big perception shift. When people have dedicated their lives to something - and spent eight years in college - they just expect that a kid wouldn't be up to doing it.
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I love dancing in general and making girls dance. My generation doesn't do it enough.
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I've always found it embarrassing to receive awards.
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A lot of people of color in the music industry are still more interested in embracing things that are considered white canon, and looking radical. Like when people point to punk in the indie world: If you point to the history of punk as what you see as your legacy, that's more prized and praised.
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A foreign government has more say over Northern Ireland than the people of Northern Ireland.
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Living gives you a better understanding of life. I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities. Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
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All I demand for the black man is, that the white people shall take their heels off his neck, and let him have a chance to rise by his own efforts.
