Kevin Young Quotes
In African-American culture, there's often a family historian, someone who does the genealogy or keeps the family Bible. I became aware that might be one role the poet has.Kevin Young
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I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.
B. F. Skinner -
I am very happy my Olympic dream has come true.
Ma Long -
I think any form of self-expression is half confidence, half sheer hard work and, maybe, a bit of talent thrown in.
Kate Winslet -
Calling Rand Paul 'the most interesting man in politics' is an invitation to an argument - but one we suspect he'd love to have.
Nancy Gibbs -
The older I've gotten, the more the need to exert comedy no matter how tragic a character I may be portraying because they are essentials for presenting truth.
Ed Asner -
Opera singers, we're not muscle men; you have to be careful about your work.
Ildar Abdrazakov
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Violence against embassies and civilians must be categorically condemned. At the same time, we must attempt to understand why such events occur.
Tariq Ramadan -
I have never heard anything about the resolutions of the apostles, but a good deal about their acts.
Og Mandino -
I have to say that getting to tackle Maria in 'The Sound of Music' at Carnegie Hall was surreal. When I heard my voice, it was all I could do to keep myself from doing a British accent and sound like Julie Andrews!
Laura Osnes -
One thing is clear to me: We, as human beings, must be willing to accept people who are different from ourselves.
Barbara Jordan -
I approve of anyone wearing what the establishment says you must not wear.
Florynce Kennedy -
God does arithmetic.
Carl Friedrich Gauss
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For most inhabitants of the Arab world, the prevailing cultural attitude toward women - fed and encouraged by Wahhabi doctrine, which is based on Bedouin social norms rather than Islamic jurisprudence - often trumps the rights accorded to women by Islam.
G. Willow Wilson -
It is no surprise that companies do not often respond to moral pressure alone. We need to hit them hard in their pocketbook and on their balance sheet. We need to show them that their stock prices will be affected if their actions encourage Iran's nuclear weapons ambitions.
Ted Deutch -
A lot of what the 'Culture' is about is a reaction to all the science fiction I was reading in my very early teens.
Iain Banks -
The fan support was the greatest. It's everything.
Pablo Sandoval -
Dried porcini add a substantial, deep flavour to otherwise more neutral vegetables. I use them in risottos, mashed roots and winter soups.
Yotam Ottolenghi -
You never argued with my mother. You couldn't win.
Vidal Sassoon
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Romance should never begin with sentiment. It should begin with science and end with a settlement.
Oscar Wilde -
My first son Tony was born when I was only eighteen. I was a still a kid; I wasn't ready to be a dad, so he was put up for adoption and went off to live with a family that could care for him.
Kevin Frazier -
To be able to be on that show is just a blessing. We're very thankful that they're looking at our music and following our culture.
Richard Camacho CNCO -
By, say, 2025-2030, I expect that there will be multiple jurisdictions that allow the tokenization of virtually any scarce resource, all the way down to personal tokens.
Balaji S. Srinivasan -
I realized that both the military and religious orders depend on discipline to shape people - which routine does, in a lot of ways.
Kit Reed -
In African-American culture, there's often a family historian, someone who does the genealogy or keeps the family Bible. I became aware that might be one role the poet has.
Kevin Young