Toni Cade Bambara Quotes

When you dream, you dialogue with aspects of yourself that normally are not with you in the daytime and you discover that you know a great deal more than you thought you did.

Toni Cade Bambara

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 25, 1939 - December 9, 1995

Topics

GreatYourselfThoughtYouDream

With the kinds of progress we're seeing in Africa, we have people who have a very high expectation, and often people think that, you know, things would happen overnight. But I want people to understand that sometimes it even gets worse before it gets better.

John Dramani Mahama

ProgressPeopleThinkBetterYou

There's smarter people than me. But you cannot have any one guy running 18 billion-dollar businesses. It just doesn't make sense to me. I've met some extraordinary leaders in my time. They struggle with running one billion-dollar business.

Robert Scoble

BusinessTimeStrugglePeopleMe

He who refuses to stoop, who cannot be bribed by the promise of success or the fear of failure - who walks the highway of the right, and in disaster stands erect, is the only victor.

Robert Green Ingersoll

SuccessFailureFearRightDisaster

So I work hard to present the human side of my characters while not neglecting the plot.

Jeffery Deaver

WorkWork HardPresentHumanHard

The movies I like to make are very rich and full of passion. Some people see me as an action director, but action is not the only thing in my movies. I always like to show human nature - something deep inside the heart.

John Woo

NaturePassionHeartPeopleMeDeep

Around us, we do see attempts to delegitimize Israel, a sort of secret, hidden anti-Semitism growing in many countries, often on the right but also on the left.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

GrowingHiddenSecretRightSeeUs

Obama just announced Americans don't consider themselves victims, or entitled. Actually, the vast majority of Obama supporters believe exactly that. They believe exactly that.

Rush Limbaugh

BelieveMajorityJustEntitledVast

Any decent actor knows you can't judge the character you're playing.

Ross Lynch

CharacterJudgeYouActorPlaying

Remember, 2000 was the year of the dot-com bust. The telecom industry lost about $2 trillion in market capital at that time.

Mo Ibrahim

TimeRememberYearLostIndustry

I love 'The Stand;' I read it when I was a kid - it was one of my favorite books when I was growing up. I love Stephen King; I think he's a remarkable writer.

David Yates

LoveKingGrowing UpThinkStandUp

I have my life on the field, but when I finish that, I want a quiet life with my family.

David Silva

LifeFamilyMy LifeQuietWant

I think I approach pressure by having discipline and learning to be calm in everyday life. I do this with a daily mindfulness practice and commitment.

Christen Press

LifeLearningDailyDisciplineCalm

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