Andrea Davis Pinkney Quotes
I wanted to show young people that taking a stand can be done by simply standing firm in your convictions.
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We were five kids at home, and my mother and grandmother ensured that we all had a very grounded upbringing in Madras. Even in school, I never used to tell anyone that my dad was an actor.
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People really feel that, when they go to the gas pump now, that the oil cartel is holding them by the legs and tipping them upside down and shaking money out of their pockets.
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This process is alchemy: its founder is the smith Vulcan.
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Nothing could be more inappropriate to American literature than its English source since the Americans are not British in sensibility.
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In the future I think the labels on most pop music are going to go. Everyone keeps jumping into everyone else's space.
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Nothing can make you more humble than pain.
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There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.
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I always say spend more on classics, like a good pair of leather trousers, an amazing tailored jacket, or a classic handbag. Then you can just mix your everyday tops from the high street.
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I moved into this neighborhood, and I was walking on this beach with my kids, and we came across a sign that said, 'Water's polluted, no swimming.' And I didn't have any answers.
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I loved politics and, I confess, I enjoyed politicians immensely.
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Ain't no place like New Orleans. It's one of kind.
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If I could drink only one wine, it would be Champagne.
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I don't drink coffee.
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For a long time, I lived in West Hollywood and watched young gay men strolling through life having no idea what came before. They didn't know about the riots at Stonewall, the vice squad, the raids.
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A man with a million dollars can be as happy nowadays as though he were rich.
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I certainly support civil unions.
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I think men look best when they're dressed in something that makes them feel comfortable.
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Just because a majority of the Supreme Court declares something to be 'constitutional' does not make it so.
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There are forms of art that I might not like to do myself, but I still have respect for the artists who create it.
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It's hard to say things without coming off in a certain way, but at a young age, I felt very driven. All I ever wanted to be is a soldier of cinema.
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The monkish vows keep us far from that sink of vice that is the female body, but often they bring us close to other errors. Can I finally hide from myself the fact that even today my old age is still stirred by the noonday demon when my eyes, in choir, happen to linger on the beardless face of a novice, pure and fresh as a maidens?
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South Korea's economy is still difficult. I will create a country where nobody worries about putting food on the table.
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If the people are governed by laws and punishment is used to maintain order, they will try to avoid the punishment but have no sense of shame. If they are governed by virtue and rules of propriety are used to maintain order, they will have a sense of shame and will become good as well.
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I wanted to show young people that taking a stand can be done by simply standing firm in your convictions.
