Bun B (Bernard James Freeman) Quotes

Jay was intimidating to the point where I was totally intimidated before I even got to the booth. But I was like, this is going to be a test of my mettle. In the South, I'm regarded as the guy who, quote unquote, out-rapped Jay-Z.

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• The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.

  

  Ralph W. Sockman
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• Following graduation from Amherst, a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship enabled me to test the depth of my interest in literary scholarship by beginning graduate studies at Harvard University.

  

  Harold E. Varmus
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• The test of character is having the ability to meet challenges.

  

  Walter Annenberg
  • Character
  • Challenges
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• There are few cases in which mere popularity should be considered a proper test of merit; but the case of song-writing is, I think, one of the few.

  

  Edgar Allan Poe
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  • Think
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• The mind can assert anything and pretend it has proved it. My beliefs I test on my body, on my intuitional consciousness, and when I get a response there, then I accept.

  

  D. H. Lawrence
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• Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.

  

  Vernon Law
  • She
  • Experience
  • Teacher

• The pilots I did test for, I was the only black actor testing against white actors for parts that were written white.

  

  J. August Richards
  • Black
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• When you write something, at first you might feel very defensive and protective of every single thing, but after a while, you just see what works and what doesn't. Sometimes you do test screenings, and an audience tells you that, or sometimes you eventually just go, 'Let's cut the joke out.'

  

  Edgar Wright
  • You
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• The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is the test of our friends, and of anything else which we cannot define.

  

  E. M. Forster
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  • Affection
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• You have to be careful not to let your fear stop you doing things. It's very exciting to test yourself.

  

  Francesca Annis
  • Fear
  • Stop
  • Yourself

• Most often, qualifications are defined by the credentials of the person who last held the job. If that is to continue to be the litmus test, white males will continue to be the top choice on any list, if the interviewer is also a white male.

  

  Madeleine M. Kunin
  • Job
  • Choice
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• Conventional manners are a kind of literacy test for the alien who comes among us.

  

  Katharine Elizabeth Fullerton Gerould
  • Kind
  • Alien
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• There is a Persian proverb: 'To test that which has been tested is ignorance.' To try to test something without the means of testing is even worse.

  

  Idries Shah
  • Ignorance
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• The best test of the quality of a civilization is the quality of its leisure.

  

  Irwin Edman
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• Sometimes I wish I could go back in time, sit down with myself and explain that things were going to be okay, that everybody loses ground sometimes and it doesn’t mean anything. It’s the way life works. This is hard to understand in the moment. You get to thinking about the girl who rejected you, the job you got fired from, the test you failed, and you lose sight of the big picture — the fact that life has a beautiful way of remaking itself every few weeks.

  

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• The test is always how we treat the poor.

  

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• Not what you do but how you do it, is the test of your capacity.

  

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• Humor is the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor; for a subject which will not bear raillery is suspicious, and a jest which will not bear serious examination is false wit.

  

  Aristotle
  • Humor
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  • Wit

• Directing is a constant test of your communicative powers. You're constantly trying to explain people your vision of what you want and steer these tiny little details into a cohesive thing.

  

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• Alone! Alone! No beacon, far or near! No chart, no compass, and no anchor stay!

  

  Ada Cambridge
  • Alone
  • Anchor
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• Address these environmental issues and you will address every issue known to man. And we keep dabbling in things that aren't really that important in the long term.

  

  Ted Danson
  • Important
  • Long
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• Gay guys love women who are tough, who are survivors. They always call me a diva. And I am a survivor; I've pulled through everything and I've not become bitter about it.

  

  Samantha Fox
  • Women
  • Guys
  • Bitter

• Words, in their distant past, have the past of my reveries.

  

  Gaston Bachelard
  • Past
  • Words
  • Distant

• Jay was intimidating to the point where I was totally intimidated before I even got to the booth. But I was like, this is going to be a test of my mettle. In the South, I'm regarded as the guy who, quote unquote, out-rapped Jay-Z.

  

  Bun B
  • Test
  • Mettle
  • Jay