Nadine Gordimer Quotes
When I began to write as a very young person in a rigidly racist and inhibited colonial society, I felt, as many others did, that I existed marginally on the edge of the world of ideas, of imagination and beauty. These, taking shape in poetry and fiction, drama, painting and sculpture, were exclusive to that distant realm known as 'overseas'.Nadine Gordimer
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I know there are a lot of people out there who have the best intentions but not the voice, so it's about people like me to give them a voice and hear their ideas.
Carl Lewis -
The only thing that matters is what happens on the little hump out in the middle of the field.
Earl Weaver -
Each age has deemed the new-born year the fittest time for festal cheer.
Walter Scott -
If you're in a dark place, you're there for a reason. And the only way to get through to those kids or to other people going through the same thing is really to meet them in that dark place and then slowly bring them to the light.
Bebe Rexha -
I consider music to be storytelling, melody and rhythm. A lot of hip-hop has broken music down. There are no instruments and no songwriting. So you're left with just storytelling and rhythm. And the storytelling can be so braggadocious, you're just left with rhythm.
Jack White The White Stripes -
Poverty breeds lack of self-reliance.
Daniel De Leon
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Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.
Mahatma Gandhi -
The crown of literature is poetry.
W. Somerset Maugham -
War has been good to me from a financial standpoint but I don't want to make money that way. I don't want blood money.
Ted Turner -
In argument, truth always prevails finally; in politics, falsehood always.
Walter Savage Landor -
I'm so motivated to collaborate with people and help them realize the kind of collective vision.
Rachel Griffiths -
I would not hesitate to vote for a white person as president if I thought he was the best person for the job.
Oliver Tambo
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Mr. Obama's approach to engagement to some degree makes him dependent on people who wish neither him nor America well. This doesn't have to end badly and I hope that it doesn't - but it's not an ideal position after one's first year in power.
Walter Russell Mead -
I am forever grateful for 'Cheers.'
Ted Danson -
I'm a good audience in general, but it's hard to make me laugh.
Dan Fogler -
I had a passport where I wrote 'artist' under 'occupation' and I remember thinking, 'That's it, it's proved!'
Damien Hirst -
At the end of the day, I am not my dad and have my own journey to make.
Ram Charan -
Hollywood so often likes to make movies that are just about itself. I felt there were a lot of stories that were yet to be told in the middle of the country, and I wanted to capture some of that beauty.
Sam Jaeger
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I feel sexy in my jeans and wearing my boyfriend's T-shirt.
Jennifer Aniston -
My message is that I want to reach the people - the people who work each and every day.
Janelle Monae -
Oh, the Protestants hate the Catholics/ And the Catholics hate the Protestants/ And the Hindus hate the Muslims/ And everybody hates the Jews.
Tom Lehrer -
The state is or can be master of money, but in a free society it is master of very little else.
William Beveridge -
English dialogue is the best in the world. So dry and direct. The Italian language is beautiful, but it is too literary.
Bernardo Bertolucci -
When I began to write as a very young person in a rigidly racist and inhibited colonial society, I felt, as many others did, that I existed marginally on the edge of the world of ideas, of imagination and beauty. These, taking shape in poetry and fiction, drama, painting and sculpture, were exclusive to that distant realm known as 'overseas'.
Nadine Gordimer