Jim Brown Quotes

I'm an American citizen. I pay my taxes. I want my equal rights. But this is my country, and consequently, I don't want to open up for ISIS or for anybody that will take away what we've already gained.

Jim Brown

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 17, 1936

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I don't put weight on fame, and having people around me just because I am famous makes me feel really bad about myself.

Jessica Alba

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And you can't hide in a comedy scene either. You have to give in to the scene and commit.

Jennifer Garner

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With 'Sweetback,' I just put it together a little bit at a time. I didn't do it on anybody's grant. I did it like any other young executive - by cheating and stealing!

Melvin Van Peebles

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You have to laugh at yourself. I do a lot of humor about all ethnicities that are at the show - Latinos, Asians, Indians... What I say is, 'We're laughing together. I'm laughing with you, not at you.' Never say, 'Oh, I'm better than you.'

Maz Jobrani

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What is a poet? An unhappy person who conceals profound anguish in his heart but whose lips are so formed that as sighs and cries pass over them they sound like beautiful music.

Soren Kierkegaard

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I like Eminem's style, and Missy Elliott. I really like M.I.A.

Sonita Alizadeh

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A moment of disruption is where the conversation about disruption often begins, even though determining that moment is entirely hindsight.

Steven Sinofsky

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Productivity gains are vital to long-term growth because they typically translate into higher incomes, in turn boosting demand. That process takes time, of course - especially if, say, the initial recipients of increased income already have a high savings rate.

Michael Spence

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I'd always had a big thing for the '60s.

Miranda Otto

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My mother was the sweetest lady who ever lived on this planet, but if you tried to tell her that Jesus wasn't a Christian, she would stomp you to death.

Dick Gregory

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Schools don't teach American history that well, especially a lot of black American history.

Colson Whitehead

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I love San Francisco and Brighton has something of San Francisco about it. It's by the sea, there's a big gay community, a feeling of people being there because they enjoy their life there.

Brian Eno

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