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Tracee Ellis Ross Quotes

We live in a culture where people are constantly telling us how to get what we want, and within that message is, 'You need to be something other than you are.'

Tracee Ellis Ross

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: actress
Nationality: american
Birth: October 29, 1972

Topics

Live Culture People You Want Need

My life hasn't been the norm. The most interesting parts are before I got into show business.

Jim Nabors

Life Business Interesting My Life

I had never taken acting at Brown to be the beginnings of a career. I always did it just for fun.

John Krasinski

Fun Career Acting Never Beginnings

This is not a rock opera. This is not Tommy. I can write songs that emote, and that's it.

John Mellencamp

I Can Rock Write Opera Songs Emote

Carl Icahn told me to stay away from airlines. In good times, the unions take away the profits, and in bad times, the cost of oil kills you.

Mian Muhammad Mansha

Good Me Good Times You Bad Unions

All the screen cowboys behaved like real gentlemen. They didn't drink, they didn't smoke. When they knocked the bad guy down, they always stood with their fists up, waiting for the heavy to get back on his feet. I decided I was going to drag the bad guy to his feet and keep hitting him.

John Wayne

Waiting Feet Bad Back Smoke Down

My grandmother. She's someone I never met, and I would've loved to have met her. She's been a huge influence on our entire family, not just me. She is a mystery. It's not clear exactly what about her is truth and myth.

Amy Tan

Family Truth Me Influence Loved She

How do you tell a communist? Well, it's someone who reads Marx and Lenin. And how do you tell an anti-Communist? It's someone who understands Marx and Lenin.

Ronald Reagan

Someone You Tell Communist Well Who

Oftentimes, rumors burn white hot only to fizzle as fast as they ignited.

Judy Smith

White Fast Burn Hot Rumors Only

Instead of being critical of people in authority over you and envious of their position, be happy you're not responsible for everything they have to do. Instead of piling on complaints, thank them for what they do. Overwhelm them with encouragement and appreciation!

Joyce Meyer

Work Appreciation Happy People You

'Purple Rain' is probably the best soundtrack.

Jonathan Levine

Rain Best Purple Soundtrack

I took a job in the U.S. because I wanted to work on products that would get into end users' hands. In Norway, most of the jobs are in server software, niche stuff.

Jon Johansen

Work Job End Hands Software Niche

We knew that iMac was fast; we didn't need to make it ugly.

Jonathan Ive

Ugly Fast Need Make Knew