Melvin Van Peebles Quotes

You have to not let yourself believe you can't. Do what you can do within the framework of what you have, and don't look outside - look inside.

Melvin Van Peebles

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 21, 1932

Topics

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If we don't succeed on the climate change agenda, we risk getting feedbacks that undermine everything else.

Johan Rockstrom

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The way the vocal folds work is that they can get inflamed and in pain, but actual tears in the folds are somewhat rare. I've never torn anything. Been too strained plenty of times.

John Darnielle

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The intention that naturally exists: 'My intention is to get done with this commute.' So I've just doomed myself to an hour of discomfort, because my intention will not be met until I get out of the car.

Jeff Kober

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While I ridicule books of self-help, I'm also quite susceptible to them. They help simplify things.

Amitava Kumar

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My life as a working theorist began three months after this preliminary study and background reading, when Oscar gently nudged me toward working on a particular problem.

Rudolph A. Marcus

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I can't really cook, but the first dish I ever made was for my girlfriend, Eleanor. I made chicken breast wrapped in ham, homemade mashed potatoes, and gravy.

Louis Tomlinson

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I have this cozy house here and I get three pensions from the States. I've done nicely.

Jonathan Frid

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I didn't make music videos in order to make a movie. Music videos were the goal for me, so it was never a step to something else. I approached it seriously.

Anton Corbijn

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Do not let where you come from define you, but never forget the values you learned from your close community.

Anthony Carmona

CommunityNever ForgetYouValues

I was in something called 'Garth Marenghi's Darkplace' which was a real cult comedy; it's sort of a spoof horror sort of thing, and it only ever had one series, but I liked the fact that it only had one series because it's kind of got this little gemlike quality to it that there were only ever six episodes.

Alice Lowe

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Women are used to worrying over trifles.

Susan Glaspell

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As Ohio's working families continue to recover from the worst economic recession in our country's history, we need a president who's committed to growing our economy by lifting up the middle class.

Sherrod Brown

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