Jessamyn West Quotes

The source of one's joy is also often the source of one's sorrow.

Jessamyn West

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 18, 1902 - February 23, 1984

Topics

JoySorrowSourceOftenAlso

I don't feel safe around a lot of people.

Jessica White

PeopleFeelSafeAroundLot

When it comes to clothing, I've got one really hard and fast rule: never wear beige. That's such an old-lady colour.

Jerry Hall

FastNeverHardColourClothingGot

Every day, I discover something utterly unbelievable when I play.

John McLaughlin

DayEvery DayPlaySomethingEvery

The trouble with the jokes is that once they're written, I know how they're supposed to work, and all I can do is not hit them. I'm more comfortable improvising. If I have just two or three ideas and I know how the character feels, what the character wants, everything in between is like trapeze work.

Stephen Colbert

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The goal of my work is to make visible the inevitable racist assumptions held, and patterns displayed, by white people conditioned from living in a white supremacist culture.

Robin DiAngelo

WorkCulturePeopleGoalLiving

The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.

Miguel de Cervantes

WiseWealthFoundApplicationLavish

I won all the blue ribbons for canning at the state fair.

Loretta Lynn

BlueFairStateWon

As soon as I moved to Princeton in 1978, I became fascinated by local history, much of it Revolutionary War-era; and I became fascinated by the presidency of Woodrow Wilson at Princeton University.

Joyce Carol Oates

HistoryUniversityPresidencySoon

The government paid the family of Richard Nixon $18 million for papers, tape recordings and other materials seized after Watergate.

Dexter Scott King

FamilyGovernmentWatergatePaid

Acting had become something I did and did well - but didn't particularly enjoy.

Dennis Christopher

EnjoyActingBecomeSomethingWell

From the outside, there's a lot of glitz. They see you on the red carpet, but they don't see what it takes to get there.

Courtney B. Vance

RedYouOutsideSeeRed CarpetGet

To me, age doesn't make a difference in terms of how playful or fun life can be.

Brit Morin

LifeAgeFunMeMake A Difference

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