Boonaa Mohammed Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
To make money, I did portraits . The truth is so bizarre! I'm kind of embarrassed. I was like a 19th-century pirate painter. I'd say, 'Your mom would love a painting of you!' A salesman! I'd hawk paintings.
-
Actually, my mom doesn't let me touch any of my money out of my bank. She says she is going to keep it there until I am 18, and I don't think anyone can touch that. No money has been taken out of there.
-
The viewer must bring their own view to a photograph.
-
A good amount of the guys wanted to date me. Even older guys looking at me. It took some getting used to.
-
Don't ever try and be like anybody else and don't be afraid to take risks.
-
If you want to see the real Pablo Escobar, go see a documentary.
-
I pray that this council, which will probably be too late to save Iraq, will do what it can, which will be immeasurably strong in what it does in trying to save our democracy.
-
To have a part that is written for you certainly helps an actor.
-
We have every reason to rejoice when there are so many gains and when favorable conditions abound on every hand. The end is not yet in sight, but it can not be far away. The road before us is shorter than the road behind.
-
Art is thought, and thought only gives the world an appearance of order to anyone weak enough to be convinced by its show.
-
Not to put too fine a point upon it.
-
I punched out Kathleen Hanna... Sonic Youth brought her. I punched her, and she screamed, 'I'll take you on, any college in America, any feminist debate,' and I said, 'But Kathleen, that means you're going to have to read!'
-
I had pretty cool parents. Still do.
-
My view is to try and not demonize the Palestinians. I'm not denying that there are Palestinians who fire rockets and do terrible things; I know that that happens. But to get a fundamental solution, you have to have hope on both sides.
-
I enjoy my family a lot. I have active teenagers, and they're in soccer and choral events.
-
I'm in a relationship with myself. I think a lot of young girls should do that.
-
Several elementary school teachers had described me as a 'future authoress or poetess.' Mother took me to meet Chicago's leading black librarian, who published a poem of mine in the magazine she edited for Negro children.
-
Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit.
-
The fish has too many bones and the watermelon too many seeds.
-
Everyone talks about, 'Get your foot in the door,' but I never understood that mentality. Why would I want to go in that house? Why not build my own house? Why not take a chair and smash a window?
-
I'm a MySpace person.
-
The United Nations is an indispensable but deeply flawed organization. It is valuable to the United States, and the United States is invaluable to it. We need to reform it.
-
I wanted to retain my individuality. I was afraid of being hampered by studio policies. I knew if someone else got control, I would be restrained.
-
Practice random acts of kindness, the world needs it more than you think.
