Cheikh Anta Diop Quotes
The ancient Egyptians were Negroes. The moral fruit of their civilization is to be counted among the assets of the Black world.
Quotes to Explore
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Blues is a tonic for whatever ails you. I could play the blues and then not be blue anymore.
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Thrillers provide the reader with a safe escape into a dangerous world where the stakes are as high as can be imagined with unpredictable outcomes. It's a perfect genre in which to explore hard issues of good and evil, a mirror that allows the reader to see both the good and not so good in themselves.
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Ten years ago, it was really difficult for a young actress to walk onto a set and disagree with the director and having that be OK and have a conversation about it and everyone be cool with it.
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Stealing things is a glorious occupations, particularly in the art world.
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I'm going to scream this from the mountain top, there's no such thing as 'a curry.' There's six kazillion different kinds of curry. When someone asks how to make chicken curry, I have to ask 'Which one?'
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El mal, débil, me agita; fuerte, me calma.
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Mike [Mitchell] brought me on as co-director, and eventually we ended up sharing a brain. It was overwhelming initially when I was working with departments I hadn't had contact with before.
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Swearing was invented as a compromise between running away and fighting.
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He couldn't find anybody who would rent him a place to live, so he had to live in this woman's house.
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There are many Iranians working at NASA. One of the engineers involved with the spaceship that went to Mars is an Iranian.
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A few minutes?" Feeling suddenly shy, she crossed her arms over her chest. The smile on his face widened, becoming touched with the feral wildness of the cat. It made thinking difficult. "I believed males needed a longer recovery time to mate." "Not this kitty cat." Rising to his feet, he said, "Get ready to play.
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When happy, be kind. When angry, be kind. When hopeful, be kind. When discouraged, be kind. When ever, be kind.
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For the spread and endurance of an idea the originator is dependent on the self-development of the receivers and transmitters.
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Let those possess the land, and only those, Who love it with a love so strong and stupid That they may be abused and taken advantage of And made fun of by business, law, and art....
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A period film is a gift for a cinematographer.
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I will miss a good friend who was so talanted. He was such agreat performer/ guitar player. Sleep well Prince.
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Hold on to the ancient Way to master the present, and to learn the distant beginning.
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You may be an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato. There's more of gravy than of grave about you, whatever you are!
