Wanda Coleman (the L.A. Blueswoman) Quotes
Many have referred to [Lewis] Carroll's rhymes as nonsense, but in my childhood world — Los Angeles in the '50s — they made perfect sense.
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My father's a Southern Baptist minister. I wasn't lighting cars on fire; I just wasn't.
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It's not about 'succeeding,' but sometimes on a film, you know you've captured something.
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There are essential elements for our public schools to fully develop the potential of both students and educators. They should be centers of community, where students, families and educators work together to support student success. They should foster collaboration.
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I knew the ribosome was going to be the focus of Nobel prizes. It stands at the crossroads of biology, between the gene and what comes out of the gene. But I had convinced myself I was not going to be a winner.
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I took religion much too seriously, however, and its overall effect was depressing. I would have really liked to discard it, but somehow I couldn't.
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Too many times, the international community has not prepared the post-conflict period in time.
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A new era of responsibility is here.
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What joy would I get from putting the wrong person behind bars?
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White folks hear the blues come out, but they don't know how it got there.
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It pays to cultivate popularity. It doubles success possibilities, develops manhood, and builds up character.
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Change is not only likely, it's inevitable.
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I have lots of memories of my father. He was an incredible father. We all loved him to death.
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Every strike brings me closer to the next home run.
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It's not that I am not emotional, but I am extremely secure and curb it, as I am afraid to let go and be broken. So, I have cultivated myself to be detached in life, specially where movies are concerned.
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I'm still a firm believer that we were definitely put here to use our minds, and that is what makes us different. And that that's the key. If there is anything that is going to stop mankind from being such a beastly, destructive creature, it is reason.
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Before we made films about gangsters, everything was about the royal families. They contain so much drama.
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Reality is a sliding door.
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Let me show you the work of the humble. Listen.
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Even such is time, that takes in trustOur youth, our joys, our all we have,And pays us but with age and dust;Who in the dark and silent grave,When we have wandered all our ways,Shuts up the story of our days.But from this earth, this grave, this dust,My God shall raise me up, I trust!
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I wasn't being followed around by paparazzi all the time. I was able to be a kid and spend that time with my family and not grow up too quickly.
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Death likes it when you play hard to get.
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What I've learned from my own journey, and from my family's experience with cancer, is how important it is to stay positive and move forward. Not every day is going to be perfect; that's life. But staying positive is going to get you to the next day.
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You don't just have to be skilled and talented at tennis, but you have to be so physically strong.
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Many have referred to [Lewis] Carroll's rhymes as nonsense, but in my childhood world — Los Angeles in the '50s — they made perfect sense.
