Michael Eric Dyson Quotes

When Dr. King was murdered, I had no idea who he was. But as soon as I heard his words on television that night when I was 9 years old, I was dumbstruck, awestruck by their power.

Michael Eric Dyson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

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The thing I take great comfort in and what I think is cool about the process is that I know in my heart that I gave it everything I had back then. That helps me sleep at night. I still feel proud and happy.

Jim James

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Since I first picked up the violin, I've been very interested in tone and texture: I would have very visceral reactions to the texture of a snare drum or a pedal steel guitar or a violin.

Andrew Bird

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As a child, I certainly wanted to have hair that I could grow long and flip around. I no longer want that. My own hair that I have day to day is a fuzzy afro. And that's who I am.

Sophie Okonedo

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The interesting thing about Cleopatra is that she is such a shape-shifter. I mean through history we've all molded her to our times and our places. So there's room for a movie for her, but I don't think it will hew to the book.

Stacy Schiff

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I've had really hard struggles in my life.

Rob Liefeld

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Life has all sorts of hills and valleys, and sometimes you don't end up doing what you had your heart set out on, but sometimes that's even better!

Ruth Buzzi

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My shareholders expect me to make the most profit. That's the ugly, dirty truth.

Martin Shkreli

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It's very easy, if you come from a place like Pakistan, to imagine that there's a narrative of American aggression towards the place that you come from. But that, in itself, is just a political view.

Mohsin Hamid

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Beauty opened all the doors; it got me things I didn't even know I wanted, and things I certainly didn't deserve.

Janice Dickinson

BeautyMeDoorsKnowDeserveThings

The next Bond ought to be a woman or, at least, a black actor.

Douglas Hodge

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I don't think they knew exactly where they were going with the character, but they lay those stories out ahead of time, so they had some idea where they wanted it to go.

David Selby

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China wants control, and China will get control. That's their default modus operandi. Crypto-Tech is no different than the Internet and Web businesses.

William Mougayar

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