Sue Monk Kidd Quotes

In the early 1800s, religion was often used as a way to keep slavery in place. Slaves were forced to attend the church of their owners, listen to selective dogma that kept them obedient and subservient.

Sue Monk Kidd

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 12, 1948

Topics

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I thought I wanted to be a pediatrician because, as a second job, my mother would clean up a pediatrician's office. So I was like, 'Oh, OK, baby doctor.' Until I got to college, and all the courses of science with the blood, guts and cadavers? I was like, 'Mm, no.'

Angela Bassett

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Wit doesn't make girls pretty.

Jeanne Calment

WitPrettyMake

Every great person is always being helped by everybody; for their gift is to get good out of all things and all persons.

John Ruskin

GoodGreatGiftPersonAlwaysOut

I have watched lives change. I have seen women gain confidence.

Amanda Lindhout

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There are many exceptions, but New York is a great place to start a career.

Stephen Collins

GreatNew YorkStartCareerPlace

One of my passions is helping people understand the Word. I think the most important thing we should be thinking about is who created us and how we were created to live. So I thought that I want to spend a lot of my time actually studying God's Word.

Trip Lee

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I'm not an educated woman. What am I gonna do for the rest of my life? I'm an athlete... And now I have absolutely nothing.

Tonya Harding

LifeWomanRestMy LifeNowNothing

You come to a point where you realize your work doesn't save you.

Mike White

WorkYouRealizePointWhereCome

Guy Ritchie, he thinks going to drama school is the worst thing in the world.

Jason Statham

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It is more difficult to rule yourself than to rule a city.

Jordan Peterson

YourselfCityMoreDifficultRule

If you're looking at people like Patrice Lumumba, you are looking at people who had a very definite plan, and events overran them.

Chiwetel Ejiofor

PeopleLookingPlanYouEventsLike

I don't really like long flights any more - I find them too tiring. Flying always involves the same things these days - huge crowds at airports, waiting around, late take-offs, weather problems, and so on. I don't really enjoy travelling. I don't imagine anyone does except young children.

Christopher Lee

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