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.William Wells Brown
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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.
Taylor Kinney -
Sometimes a role might be difficult on my throat.
Tara Strong -
That's what I love about our music - it'll never be a hit because you can't dance to it.
Adam Jones -
One can never know enough. The unknown and its call lies even in what we know.
Eduardo Chillida -
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.
Ed Asner -
People want to see a movie that casts a mature woman across from a mature man.
Karen Allen
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I have changed so much as an actor over the years.
Vincent D'Onofrio -
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.
Sabine Baring-Gould -
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.
Nathaniel Hawthorne -
A teacher should have a creative mind.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam -
There is, hidden or flaunted, a sword between the sexes till an entire marriage reconciles them.
C. S. Lewis -
There's no biography so interesting as the one in which the biographer is present.
Orson Welles
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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.
Ziggy Marley -
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.
Mahesh Babu -
All I can do is leave it in God's hands and hope that my fans feel where I'm coming from.
Aaliyah -
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.'
Patrick Carman -
The kind of audience I'm speaking to is a very wide range of people.
Haley Reinhart -
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.
Taylor Wilson
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The verb 'fuck' has been a part of the language since at least early 1500s. The actual practice, far longer. So, no need to be embarrassed of either.
Anu Garg -
I have my own past and my own personality. I'm going to relate to the material in a completely different way than somebody else might.
Maika Monroe -
This bill lets our nation fight back by renewing important provisions that allow information sharing among government agencies and increased penalties for those who commit terrorist crimes. It strikes the right balance between protecting lives and liberty.
Dennis Hastert -
What I don't understand is these people who go on the street wearing riding clothes, and they have never been on a horse. They ought to have their heads examined, really. It's a joke. But, let's face it, we live in a fantasy world.
C. Z. Guest -
The most deeply personal of my works are the non-fiction works, the autobiographical works, because there, I'm talking about myself very directly.
Paul Auster -
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.
William Wells Brown