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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I hope you lay down in your sleep and you choke on every lie you told
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A large part of our attitude toward things is conditioned by opinions and emotions which we unconsciously absorb as children from our environment. In other words, it is tradition—besides inherited aptitudes and qualities—which makes us what we are. We but rarely reflect how relatively small as compared with the powerful influence of tradition is the influence of our conscious thought upon our conduct and convictions.
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Scars show toughness: that you've been through it, and you're still standing.
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Remember...Whoever is trying to bring you down is already below you.
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Taking offense has become America's national pastime; being theatrically offended supposedly signifies the exquisitely refined moral delicacy of people who feel entitled to pass through life without encountering ideas or practices that annoy them.
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I wanted to show young people that taking a stand can be done by simply standing firm in your convictions.
