Amy Sherald Quotes

I grew up in Georgia, and my mom would tell me how to perform and act. So I learned to repress a lot of myself so that other people would feel comfortable.

Amy Sherald

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: artist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 30, 1973

Topics

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The world is shrinking as we see more and more of it in the media, and the more we see of the world, the smaller we are, the more aware we are of how insignificant any one of us is.

Jock Sturges

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I have some very personal feelings about politics, but I don't get into it because I do comedy already.

Jerry Lewis

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I love to act, and I try to be challenged by what I do.

John Turturro

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When you love a problem, its contours, obstacles and resistances are all just part of its character.

Steven Strogatz

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I didn't buy Bentleys. I didn't live large. I invested in me. I invested in a lot of other people.

Sinbad

LivePeopleMeBuyOtherLarge

I have certain rules that I've established for myself that took a while post-day job to figure out. Everyone says people who freelance or are writers struggle with the structure of it. I'm not allowed to check email before a certain hour. I'm not allowed to run errands during the day. I have to write a certain amount every day.

Sloane Crosley

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When results aren't good the manager gets the sack, that's the game.

Roy Keane

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I'm enjoying the work while I get it right now.

Louis C. K.

WorkNowRightGetEnjoyingWhile

Ten-year plan? No, three-year plan! I'm in a hurry.

Josh Schwartz

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When I'm home, I spend Sunday with my husband. If we're not cooking, we travel around in our camper, stop at fast-food restaurants, and picnic. We love that stuff that will harden your arteries in a hurry.

Dolly Parton

LoveHomeCookingTravelHusband

As we walked through the National Museum of African American History and Culture, I pushed my grandfather in a wheelchair he had reluctantly agreed to sit in. He is a proud man who also knows that his knees aren't what they once were - that years of high school and college football had long accelerated the deterioration of his aging joints.

Clint Smith

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I think you have to see the high highs and the low lows to get to the core of what makes us tick as people.

Bonnie Hunt

PeopleThinkYouSeeHighLow

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