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Michael Eric Dyson Quotes

I have no interest in romanticizing poor black people, having been one of them myself in our beloved hometown of Detroit.

Michael Eric Dyson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Myself People Black Hometown Detroit

For me, trying the NFL and trying this football thing, because of the home and what I went through in there, to me, it was no big deal. It was just another opportunity for me. I didn't see that bigger, grandiose picture of it, I just took it one day at a time, like how I took it in the group home.

Home Opportunity Time Day Football

I have no regrets, except perhaps one: I should have tried harder to be a better actor.

Better Actor No Regrets Regrets

I believe business has to do well and that the surrounding communities do well.

John Catsimatidis

Business Believe I Believe Well

All good hotels tend to lead people to do things they wouldn't necessarily do at home.

Good Home People Lead Things Hotels

When Howard Dean started saying some honest things, they hung him.

Saying Him Honest Things Started

We were in an atmosphere in the household that you could accomplish anything you set your mind to. If you were willing to put in the hard work, nothing was beyond your grasp.

Work Hard Work Mind You Accomplish

I did a twenty foot print and John Cage is involved in that because he was the only person I knew in New York who had a car and who would be willing to do this.

Robert Rauschenberg

Car New York Person New Cage Foot

Sometimes you don't know what you've got until you put it in front of an audience - and the enthusiasm for the show from the audience has been just incredible.

Enthusiasm You Know Sometimes Been

I've skewered whites, blacks, Hispanics, Christians, Jews, Muslims, gays, straights, rednecks, addicts, the elderly, and my wife. As a standup comic, it is my job to make sure the majority of people laugh, and I believe that comedy is the last true form of free speech.

Job Wife People Free Believe Laugh

I like the work. If I upped the price, I wouldn't get the work.

Work Price Get Like

You create a pile of dirt and then drive over it. We may have to learn to drive all over again.

Drive Learn You Create Over Dirt

While I had often said that I wanted to die in bed, what I really meant was that in my old age I wanted to be stepped on by an elephant while making love.

Love Age Old Age Elephant Die Said

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