Joe Morton Quotes

I want to put something on the screen that audiences have never seen black actors do before, roles that will widen views of who African-Americans are.

Joe Morton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 18, 1947

Topics

BlackWantWillNeverSomethingWho

When a finished work of 20th century sculpture is placed in an 18th century garden, it is absorbed by the ideal representation of the past, thus reinforcing political and social values that are no longer with us.

Robert Smithson

WorkGardeningPastPoliticalValues

Hip-hop has survived as a sonic practice more than anything else. It's an approach to music-making based in sampling and rhyming over beats, that's proven far more versatile than its detractors thought it would.

Ann Powers

PracticeThoughtHip-HopMoreOver

The more we try to control our kids and create who they are and where they're going, the more that will fall apart. That's a dangerous thing. So you need to actually manage the fear and figure out who your kids are. Who do they want to be and how can you help shape that, but not control it.

Jeff Nichols

FearControlHelpYouFallCreate

I'm a composer like every maestro on this earth.

Stromae

EarthLikeEveryComposer

All war represents a failure of diplomacy.

Tony Benn

FailureWarDiplomacyRepresents

Don't break a leg, anyone. Do not break a leg. It's really boring.

Tom Hopper

BoringBreakLegReallyAnyone

As a child, what captivated me was reading the poems myself and realizing that there was a world without material substance which was nevertheless as alive as any other.

Mary Oliver

MyselfChildMeWorldReadingAlive

I buy women shoes and they use them to walk away from me.

Mickey Rooney

WomenShoesWalkMeBuyAway

I came to the plain fields of Ohio with pictures painted by Hollywood movies and the works of Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller. None of them had much to say, if at all, about Dayton, Ohio.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

PicturesSayMoviesHollywoodFields

Winning the election is a good-news, bad-news kind of thing. Okay, now you're the mayor. The bad news is, now you're the mayor.

Clint Eastwood

WinningYouBadElectionNewsKind

We work so hard. Everyone does, but only one can win.

Claudio Ranieri

WorkWinHardEveryoneOnlyDoes

These dudes were 30 years old, and they would compete about getting the best chick. That came before their friendships. Some of them treat women like they're objects. I never felt like that.

Brian Welch

WomenBestTreatNeverOldCompete

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