Joe Morton Quotes

When I first saw Dick Gregory on television, growing up in Queens, it was startling and amazing, because nobody else was doing what he was doing.

Joe Morton

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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I enjoy giving money away. The more you give, the more you get.

Michael Hintze

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I like the story about Henry David Thoreau, who, when he was on his death bed, his family sent for a minister. The minister said, 'Henry, have you made your peace with God?' Thoreau said, 'I didn't know we'd quarreled.'

Stewart Udall

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Style is that which indicates how the writer takes himself and what he is saying. It is the mind skating circles around itself as it moves forward.

Robert Frost

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You know, as fiction writers, if our instincts are off, we can't pay our bills.

Lorrie Moore

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I freelanced for the 'Boston Phoenix.'

Christie Hefner

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Does anybody think Steve Jobs should not be in the 1 percent? He made life better for the 99 percent of the rest of us. You want to create opportunities for people with their unique gifts.

Clark Durant

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When I was writing 'Withnail,' I was so busted flat that I had one lightbulb that I would carry around the house with me. I mean, really. No furniture, no money, and I was hoping to be an actor, but I could never get a job.

Bruce Robinson

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As a child singer, I never sang a single track for my father or uncle.

Armaan Malik

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I hate flying, flat out hate its guts.

William Shatner

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Dad loved computer games, and I would sit beside him for hours with graph paper, drawing out plans to try and forecast the moves he should make while he worked the computer controller.

Rhianna Pratchett

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I have a lot of boots. I'm a shoe person for sure.

Kylie Jenner

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This life is messy.

Ken Livingstone

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