Jackie Robinson Quotes
I speak to you only as an American who happens to be an American Negro and one who is proud of that heritage. We ask for nothing special. We ask only that we be permitted to compete on an even basis, and if we are not worthy, then the competition shall, per se, eliminate us.Jackie Robinson
Quotes to Explore
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If we don't end war, war will end us.
H. G. Wells -
Like everything which is not the involuntary result of fleeting emotion but the creation of time and will, any marriage, happy or unhappy, is infinitely more interesting than any romance, however passionate.
W. H. Auden -
The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has an intriguing mystery or a good plot, but to become one of my real favorites, it has to have great characters.
Candace Camp -
My real guru are my experiences in life - the realisation that you are alone in this world came very early to me.
Kailash Kher -
Actually, what will be shown from here to eternity will be Burt Lancaster and Deborah Kerr cavorting on the beach. 'From Here to Eternity' must have seemed like a chore to its director, Fred Zinnemann.
Manny Farber -
The whole gun debate needs to be infused with a discussion about manhood. It's frustrating to hear debates about gun rights vs. gun control, and yet very few people say what's hidden in plain sight: It's really a contest of meanings about manhood.
Jackson Katz
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Gun owners and non-gun owners alike agree on expanding background checks, making gun trafficking a serious crime with stiff penalties, making it illegal for all stalkers and all domestic abusers to buy guns, and expanding mental health resources so the mentally ill find it easier to receive treatment than to buy firearms.
Gabrielle Giffords -
Governments are not running the show anymore. Scumbag Entrepreneurs are, and they have a harsh and ruthless agenda.
Ralph Steadman -
Youth doesn't need friends - it only needs crowds.
Zelda Fitzgerald -
I'm privileged to have had some success, but I've never forgotten what it was like to queue for a half-crown gallery seat for 'Oliver!' which is why I ensure that there are £20 day tickets for 'Miss Saigon' and that the balconies in my theatres are as comfortable as I can possibly make them.
Cameron Mackintosh -
If I'm still walking, I am not dead. So I have to still walk and run towards the benefit of Lebanon.
Najib Mikati -
China's one-child policy was born in 1980, after years of less severe measures to discourage births. The Communist Party promised that the policy would be temporary.
Barbara Demick
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I wrote 'Buried Child' in a trailer at an old ranch house we had in California.
Sam Shepard -
I have lots of passions - gardens, art, music and reading. I have eclectic taste and read a huge variety of books.
Zoe Wanamaker -
And I'm a pretty positive person - I don't put a lot of energy into worrying, and I'm not a person who lives in a great deal of fear.
Rachel Hunter -
I think it's a tough transition. It's easy to go from comedian to rapper, but to go from rapper to comedian is tougher.
Hannibal Buress -
I started out doing theater when I was really young, and I completely fell in love with it. I knew that this was what I wanted to do.
Tara Lynne Barr -
Some people have a misunderstanding about the Army. Some people think, 'Hey, you're in the military, and everything is super-hierarchical, and you're in an environment that is intolerable of criticism, and people don't want frank assessments.' I think the opposite is the case.
H. R. McMaster
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We're going to be selling our product to the American consumer. We want to have Americans who understand American consumers.
Anand Mahindra -
You wouldn't have the same art on the walls at every restaurant or the same waiter uniforms. Neither should you have the same service style at every restaurant.
Danny Meyer -
The rainforest has an intense beauty that at times seems almost suffocating. The jungle is one twig short of impenetrable, and the greenery seems to crowd in on you with a sensation that has been described as akin to snow blindness.
Mark Barrowcliffe -
I set a goal for myself everyday when I write - 10 pages a day - and it's much harder because I'm too dumb to turn off my Twitter and everything so it's always on and it's a real distraction. It's a major distraction.
R. L. Stine -
Christine O'Donnell: I dabbled in witchcraft, but I never joined a coven; I did. I did.Jaime Kennedy: How were you a witch?Christine O'Donnell: Because I dabbled into witchcraft, because I hung around people who were, who were doing these things. I'm not making this stuff up, I know what they told me they did.
Christine O'Donnell -
I speak to you only as an American who happens to be an American Negro and one who is proud of that heritage. We ask for nothing special. We ask only that we be permitted to compete on an even basis, and if we are not worthy, then the competition shall, per se, eliminate us.
Jackie Robinson