Edna Lewis Quotes
My mother died when I was 18. Up until then, I never saw a tin can in my house.
Edna Lewis
Quotes to Explore
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To go behind a man's hall-door is mean, cowardly, unfair opposition.
Victoria Woodhull
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I try to widen the horizons of every child I meet, and part of that is promoting diverse forms, be it graphic novels, stories told in a narrative voice, or more translated books, as well as more diverse writers and more diverse characters.
Malorie Blackman
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I met Gerhard Richter and Alighiero Boetti when I was a teenager, and I was really inspired by them. When Boetti died, I realized I only vaguely remembered so many things he told me. It was such a pity. Had I only recorded his voice, he would still be with me, and I could listen to it from time to time.
Hans-Ulrich Obrist
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Let us heed the voice of the people and recognize their common sense. If we do not, we not only blaspheme our political heritage, we ignore the common ties that bind all Americans.
Barbara Jordan
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The biggest competition is myself. I am not looking to follow others or pull them down. I'm planning to test my own boundaries.
Rain
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The interpretation of our reality through patterns not our own, serves only to make us ever more unknown, ever less free, ever more solitary.
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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The failure to work out sensible budgets makes it impossible for government agencies to make long-term plans, and instead leaves them scrambling to spend money in the short term.
Matt Taibbi
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Since I was a kid, I liked construction.
Ciputra
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In my house every Sunday, everybody was cleaning the house. There was always music, and everybody was dancing, sometimes naked, around the house. Not hippie, but very free.
Penelope Cruz
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I'm trying all kinds of crazy stuff at house shows just for my own amusement and to see what the people are gonna do.
Dean Ambrose
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I participated in every spring musical my school did while attending: 'Pippin,' 'Little Shop of Horrors,' 'Once on This Island,' and 'Hair.' The great thing about those projects was that I was able to work with my peers who were allowed to work professionally and gained some insight as to what it might be like to work with pros.
Amanda Warren
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My mother died when I was 18. Up until then, I never saw a tin can in my house.
Edna Lewis