Claude McKay Quotes

The pavement slabs burn loose beneath my feet,A chafing savage, down the decent street;And passion rends my vitals as I pass,Where boldly shines your shuttered door of glass.

Claude McKay

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• Many miles away there's a shadow on the door of a cottage on the Shore of a dark Scottish lake.

  

  Walter Scott
  • Dark
  • Door
  • Shadow

• Focus on something that you have a passion for and hone that skill; it will make you feel confident about your ability.

  

  Victoria Justice
  • Passion
  • Focus
  • Skill

• My biggest fight has been between those who wanted to do something incremental and those who wanted to do something comprehensive. We won that fight, and once we kick through this door, there'll be more legislation to follow.

  

  Nancy Pelosi
  • Door
  • Fight
  • Once

• I'm typically single. I'm the girl who - I call it girl-next-door-itis - the hot guy is friends with and gets all his relationship advice from but never considers dating.

  

  Taylor Swift
  • Friends
  • Guy
  • Girl

• With me poetry has not been a purpose, but a passion.

  

  Edgar Allan Poe
  • Passion
  • Purpose
  • Poetry

• Whatever you have a passion for, then you must do. If you want to write, write about something you know about.

  

  Jackie Collins
  • Want
  • Know
  • Passion

• Singing is something I can do, but it's not my first passion.

  

  Taraji P. Henson
  • Passion
  • Singing
  • I Can

• I hate auditions - when I'm doing them, I can't wait to get out the bleeding door.

  

  Ian Hart
  • Hate
  • Door
  • Doing

• As a teenager I had friends who had little music studios in their bedrooms and garages. I'd go and play around; very soon, my hobby became a passion.

  

  Natasha Bedingfield
  • Music
  • Friends
  • Passion

• I'm the girl next door, not the sex symbol.

  

  Carla Gallo
  • Girl
  • Sex
  • Door

• We are all seduced by charismatic people, whether it's in your office or in the bus or in the train. There are people who just, like, come through the door, and everybody turns around and looks at them and feels drawn to them.

  

  Edgar Ramirez
  • People
  • Door
  • Train

• It is reason, and not passion, which must guide our deliberations, guide our debate, and guide our decision.

  

  Barbara Jordan
  • Passion
  • Decision
  • Debate

• He who opens a school door, closes a prison.

  

  Victor Hugo
  • School
  • Education
  • Door

• If you have real passion for a career in game shows, be willing to serve an apprenticeship; it's the best way to learn.

  

  Randy West
  • Real
  • Game
  • Career

• When you have a passion for something then you tend not only to be better at it, but you work harder at it too.

  

  Vera Wang
  • Work
  • Passion
  • Better

• I like to do comedy. It's my real passion. I want to make people laugh.

  

  Gad Elmaleh
  • People
  • Real
  • Comedy

• When I go to Indian reservations in the West, and especially to the Pine Ridge Reservation, I sometimes feel unsure where to put my foot when I open the car door. The very ground is different from where I usually stand. There are fewer curbs, fewer sidewalks, and almost no street signs, mailboxes, or leashed dogs.

  

  Ian Frazier
  • Different
  • Car
  • Door

• Books are an ancient and proven medium. Their physical form inspires passion.

  

  Gary Wolf
  • Passion
  • Books
  • Physical

• Music is a very integral part of my life because I was born into a musical family, and it's not just a passion... it's everything for me.

  

  Armaan Malik
  • Life
  • Music
  • Family

• The deepest mystery of Twitter is why celebrities and elected officials take part. After all, we all know they can't write their own lines.

  

  David Harsanyi
  • Why

• I refused to learn English for two years when we moved to London, hoping to send my family back home. It was tough, but at the same time, it has given me a sense of displacement that actually really suits the life that I'm living now.

  

  Anya Taylor-Joy
  • Life
  • Time
  • Family

• What strikes me, the more I cook, is that the best recipes are ones where the basic anatomy is so sound it will survive multiple adjustments. When a recipe has good bones, you can change the seasoning, double the garlic, swap lime for lemon, and it still turns out delicious.

  

  Bee Wilson
  • Good

• The people that can't sing anymore that had great voices are the people that went away for five years and then just decided to come back. And you just can't make a comeback. Comebacks are no good. You have to just keep singing. Or keep dancing.

  

  Stevie Nicks Fleetwood Mac
  • People
  • Sing
  • Voices

• The pavement slabs burn loose beneath my feet,A chafing savage, down the decent street;And passion rends my vitals as I pass,Where boldly shines your shuttered door of glass.

  

  Claude McKay
  • Passion
  • Door
  • Savage