Louis Gossett, Jr. Quotes
I grew up with all my cousins. The men worked, and the older women raised us - my mother, my aunt, my grandmother. My great-grandmother was the matriarch, and sometimes there were 30 of us.Louis Gossett, Jr.
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A great man is different from an eminent one in that he is ready to be the servant of the society.
Babasaheb -
I've been married over 50 years of my life.
T. Boone Pickens -
Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core of science fiction, its essence has become crucial to our salvation if we are to be saved at all.
Isaac Asimov -
I used to believe I was going to live forever. And then you suddenly become aware that you're not.
Damien Hirst -
My mum is black, my dad is white, and when I was a teenager, people would say, 'So what are you? Are you black? Or white? What are you more of?'
Fleur East -
You have got to pay attention, you have got to study and you have to do your homework. You have to score higher than everybody else. Otherwise, there is always somebody there waiting to take your place.
Daisy Fuentes
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In thinking about it, the villains often have a little bit more range because their morality is different. You can have just a really good time as an actor, and there is just more there that you can explore on that side of the story.
Mahershala Ali -
My mom used to tell me when I was little, 'When it rains, it's God's manifestation - a big day's waiting to happen.'
Gabby Douglas -
Humor's always been the problem of my work, hasn't it? When working, I feel satisfied when I surprise myself. And when I surprise myself, I wind up laughing.
Kara Walker -
I make mistakes on a very grand scale.
Gail Carson Levine -
We stole a box of honey jars one time and went out in the woods and took care of the whole box. I don't think I touched honey again for 20 years. I never wanted to see honey again.
Quincy Jones -
I'm going to be me, regardless of anything.
Nate Robinson
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It's nice to have my mother as someone I can talk to about acting. My dad's a director, so when he comes to watch me on set, he think it's his set. He's always telling a production assistant, 'Can you get me five donuts?'
Zoey Deutch -
Make no mistake: the anti-war voices long for us to lose any war they cannot prevent.
Ralph Peters -
Meditation is difficult for many people because their thoughts are always on some distant object or place. One form of meditation is to label the thought as it appears and then choose to let it go.
Wayne Dyer -
Ice-skating is a dangerous proposition and tennis is going to be something I'm probably not very good at.
Maggie Grace -
When you're imagining peace, you can't kill anyone. That's good isn't it?
Yoko Ono -
Man's task is to become conscious of the contents that press upward from the unconscious.
Carl Jung
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Religion and modernity are not necessarily mutually exclusive.
Queen Rania of Jordan -
You've got to separate the singer and the songs.
Van Morrison -
The people of the Sudan expect a lot from the institution of the presidency, and we should live up to their expectations.
Salva Kiir Mayardit -
When you grow up as the daughters of George and Laura Bush, you develop a special appreciation for how blessed we are to live in this great country.
Jenna Bush -
Socialism is undoubtedly in the throes of a crisis greater than at any time since 1917. The last half of 1989 saw the dramatic collapse of most of the communist party governments of Eastern Europe.
Joe Slovo -
I grew up with all my cousins. The men worked, and the older women raised us - my mother, my aunt, my grandmother. My great-grandmother was the matriarch, and sometimes there were 30 of us.
Louis Gossett, Jr.