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Steve Erickson Quotes

White Americans believe we've made more progress since the end of slavery in 1865 than do black Americans for whom '12 Years a Slave' documents a collective memory, passed down in the genes and by the lore of generations.

Steve Erickson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: novelist
Nationality: american
Birth: April 20, 1950

Topics

Progress Memory Slavery Believe End

If you start with the premise that whatever you want to be is going to happen, it changes the way you think about it.

Jennifer Palmieri

Start Think You Want Way Changes

Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.

Robert Louis Stevenson

Inspirational Day Seeds Plant Judge

I first thought maybe I'd do a banjo presentation record, where I'd play a couple of songs and get a bunch of other players to do the rest. Then I realized I had enough of my own songs to do an album of them.

Steve Martin

Rest Thought Enough Play My Own Own

You try to shut the criticism out, but it's pretty hard to do. You see people on the street, friends, people that you know are in your corner, and they come and tell you how bad they feel, and that's not the kind of conversation you want. I don't want anyone to feel bad for me.

Don Shula

People Me Criticism Friends You Bad

I think everybody's got their insecurities and hang-ups. Everybody! Unless you're an idiot.

Domhnall Gleeson

Think Idiot You Got Insecurities

I think, at some point in my wrestling career, I took myself way too seriously, and I took the wrestling business way too seriously. It probably helped sour me on the whole process. It probably helped burn me out.

CM Punk

Business Myself Me Think Process

A family member of mine was diagnosed with lymphoma, and the treatment they're getting wouldn't exist if it weren't for the work that Team in Training does. I want to support them.

Colin Egglesfield

Work Family Training Support Team

Oprah is more than an institution. Oprah is a very special star in the firmament. I can't imagine a greater success than she's enjoyed.

Phil Donahue

Success Special More She Star Than

If you're playing against an aggressive side, you need to play an aggressive game.

MS Dhoni

Game You Play Aggressive Need Side

My brother still calls me didi, which is so endearing. That's how our mother raised us.

Kubra Sait

Mother Brother Me Us Still Our

Programs that bring the arts to young kids are always the first to be cut. It's mind-boggling to me.

Julie Andrews

Me Young First Always Bring Arts

There is lots of evidence that it is this fear of going into debt that most puts people from poorer backgrounds off going to university.

George Osborne

Fear People Debt Evidence University