Tom Paulin Quotes

Many black people I know are proud of the Irish part of their heritage - an Irish grandparent, say - but they recognise that many people believe in a form of racial purity. And it is from that belief that prejudice starts.

Tom Paulin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: irish
  • Birth: January 25, 1949

Topics

PeopleBelieveProudBlackHeritage

I'm kind of crazy with karma. I really believe that everything you do revisits you, so, I'm really adamant about the kids seeing the grandparents, so like, I can see my grandkids, you know what I mean?

Joel Madden

CrazyBelieveKarmaYouSeeingKnow

When you are truly you and share who you are with the world and be confident in who you are, it doesn't matter what size you are. It doesn't matter what your different body parts look like.

Amy Purdy

WorldConfidentYouBodyLookSize

The first principle of contract negotiations is don't remind them of what you did in the past - tell them what you're going to do in the future.

Stan Musial

FuturePastYouFirstTellContract

I have never been a fan of science fiction. For me, fiction has to explore the combinatorial possibilities of people interacting under the constraints imposed by our biology and history. When an author is free to suspend the constraints, it's tennis without a net.

Steven Pinker

ScienceHistoryPeopleMeFree

For years I wrote in my basement. More recently I graduated to one floor above, an office with all my books and music and - ta da! - a window.

Mitch Albom

MusicWindowMoreOfficeFloor

If you feel good, you're going to look good.

Julia Jones

GoodFeel GoodFeelYouLookGoing

Our culture highlights the desire to always have more, even when we should be grateful for what we have.

Jean Chatzky

CultureGratefulDesireBe Grateful

I'm not a hermit, but I definitely stay in a lot more than I used to. There's more attention now then there ever was. You walk down the street with someone and it's a story. It becomes national news, you know what I mean? So, I still do things, but I stay home a lot more.

Derek Jeter

HomeWalkStorySomeoneAttention

In our time, there are still many, like those in the Good Samaritan story, who being of the religious classes in that time, purposely crossed to the other side of the road, and passed by the injured and bleeding.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

GoodTimeRoadStorySideBeing

As much as we can, we want to prevent people from having to think about how to keep and share their stuff.

Arash Ferdowsi

PeopleThinkWantShareKeepStuff

The lower the cost of the film, the more you can experiment.

Anurag Kashyap

YouMoreExperimentCostFilmLower

We all work hard to understand the dynamic relationship we have with a parent.

Alice Sebold

WorkRelationshipWork HardParent

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