Angela Rye Quotes
I am tired of people telling me that black people are beneath a standard when we have to be twice as good all the time.
Quotes to Explore
-
I wanted my children to have the same exposure to the water I had. My strongest memories of Northeast Harbor are going in a small Whaler with my dad, looking for osprey.
-
I was perhaps about 10 years old when a local farmer rang us up to say he had found a young badger and would we take it in. So we did; it was a female called Bessy and she lived in the boiler room. She was extremely intelligent, had a very low opinion of cats but loved the dogs. She was pretty well trained; she went in the car.
-
What makes a woman beautiful is her loyalty to and her friendships with other women, and her honesty with men.
-
Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.
-
We need to bring sustainable energy to every corner of the globe with technologies like solar energy mini-grids, solar powered lights, and wind turbines.
-
'Hellraiser' is an amazing world that Clive Barker created, and it is such a beautifully vibrant and surreal world within which to work. It is also not an undaunting canvas. It is a canvas created by an artist.
-
You have to handle adversity well. There are roadblocks you will have to fight through.
-
As Senator, I will always put the health and safety of New Hampshire's families first.
-
If someone asked what kind of music I play, I wouldn't say I'm a folk singer; however, if folk music means music for the people, and playing music to entertain them and share different messages, then sure, I'd like to think that I'm part folk singer.
-
I write in English because I was raised in the States and educated in this language.
-
I had a very brilliant father who was not only intellectual, but was street-smart and very curious to boot. The day I found out that he didn't know everything, I grew up. It was a shock. I just thought that the man was the end-all of everything, and he knew the answer to everything. Then I found out I'd have to find out my own answers.
-
All the religions of the world, while they may differ in other respects, unitedly proclaim that nothing lives in this world but Truth.
-
I know that for me, a lot of people will look at me and they'll think 'Somali' or 'outsider' instead of 'Minnesota.'
-
The nation which forgets its defenders will be itself forgotten.
-
Relationships are people's No. 1 priorities. They want to have good relationships, and a lot of times they don't.
-
I learned early on not to listen to either critique - the people who love you or the people who don't like you.
-
All the big online retailers are looking at how to enter the Russian market.
-
It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't have an open mind about.
-
A foreign ideology cannot be introduced into Chechnya - were it through an Arab or al-Qaeda. Our experience is rich and long enough for us to be Muslims and know what jihad is.
-
I feel like shoes are one of those things that no matter how conservative or how outrageous you get, a good pair of shoes is going to last you a lifetime.
-
The counterweight to the dominion of evil can consist in the first place only in the divine-human love of Jesus Christ that is always greater than any possible power of evil.
-
For millennials especially, mobility has become a key factor in selecting a potential career path and in choosing an appropriate employer.
-
I am tired of people telling me that black people are beneath a standard when we have to be twice as good all the time.
