Etheridge Knight Quotes
I died in 1960 from a prison sentence and poetry brought me back to life.
Etheridge Knight
Quotes to Explore
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I used to get criticized for doing a 'Bump & Grind' then turning around and doing a gospel song. But the truth is I'm glad I have a gift that allows me to switch lanes.
R. Kelly
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If you ask me, over time, I am a believer in the Indian financial saving story getting stronger; a lot more savers are moving money away from gold and real estate into banks, mutual funds, insurance and equities.
Uday Kotak
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If I splurge on anything, it's cologne. I love smelling good.
Zac Efron
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I work in areas related to child protection and family safety, women's empowerment, the creation of opportunities for youth, and culture and tourism. Daunting? Yes. Impossible? No. In fact, such challenges energize me.
Queen Rania of Jordan
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Tony Blair is not a villain, but he's played the part very well.
Ian Mckellen
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Every fight is a different experience.
Canelo Alvarez
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As for us, during twenty years' reign, we have known much bitterness.
Bao Dai
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All three of the Abrahamic religions were born and nurtured in arid, disturbed environments.
E. O. Wilson
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So vast is the shadow cast by the MGM production of 'The Wizard of Oz,' so indelible are its characterizations, so perfect its music, and so assured is its cinematic immortality, that most people think of it as 'The Original.' In fact, it isn't.
Kage Baker
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And when I've been away from my family and friends, I have felt good hearing some of those old songs.
Beau Bridges
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All that a husband or wife really wants is to be pitied a little, praised a little, and appreciated a little.
Oliver Goldsmith
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Violence is interesting. This is a great obstacle to world peace and also to more thoughtful television programming.
P. J. O'Rourke
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Knitwear can play a vital part in layering. The simplicity of a lightweight cardigan makes it one of the best ways to layer outfits. I love granddad cardis for winter, worn over a vintage lace shirt, waistcoat and full skirt with slouchy boots.
Lesley Lawson
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Incidentally, part of a photographer’s gift should be with people. You can do some wonderful work if you know how to make people understand what you’re doing and feel all right about it, and you can do terrible work if you put them on the defense, which they all are at the beginning. You’ve got to take them off their defensive attitude and make them participate.
Walker Evans
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No matter how complicated a problem is, it usually can be reduced to a simple, comprehensible form which is often the best solution.
An Wang
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Be natural and use your head.
Dai Vernon
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People seldom realize that they tell lies with their lips and truths with their eyes all the time.
Tahereh Mafi
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I hoped that Grace would be a little bit of the best of all of us: Scarlett's spirit, and my mother's strength, Marion's determination, and Michael's sly humor. I wasn't sure what I could give, not just yet. But I would know when I told her about the comet, years from now, I would know. And I would lean close to her ear, saying the words no one else could hear, explaining it all. The language of solace and comets, and the girls we all become, in the end.
Sarah Dessen
