Michael Eric Dyson Quotes

Hurricane Katrina overwhelmed levees and exploded the conventional wisdom about a shared American prosperity, exposing a group of people so poor they didn't have $50 for a bus ticket out of town. If we want to learn something from this disaster, the lesson ought to be: America's poor deserve better than this.

Michael Eric Dyson

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Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 23, 1958

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Be careful about what you eat because otherwise you get fat! Do you like to be fat? Eat very, very, very little things. Almost starve, but I don't starve, because I eat very much.

Sophia Loren

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I'm not one of those little kids that grow up wanting to be an actor.

Travis Fimmel

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I was now successful in proving that a direction of movement is localized in the cerebellum.

Robert Barany

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'Cool-Hand Luke' is one of my favorite movies.

Ron Rash

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I don't think that I've had a career like anyone else's, but there are hosts and hosts of actors whose careers I admire.

Ron Perlman

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You mustn't underestimate an audience's intelligence.

Marvin Hamlisch

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I don't ever take anything for granted. I know... people would kill for the opportunity to play on festival stages and whatnot.

Mija

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Before I was published, I thought men read car manuals or books about football. But once I started having really serious conversations with male lovers of literature, I let go of that prejudice.

Michel Faber

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Someone who directs a film, they have to see the overall picture, and they have to get the best performances out of the actors.

Joshua Bell

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And no, having the hits is just more work.

Donna Summer

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I did some commercials and a couple of B movies, then a few pilots that didn't go anywhere. Eventually I did the pilot for Beverly Hills, 90210. The rest is history.

Brian Austin Green

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As much as I love acting, I just want to be a healthy person.

Brie Larson

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