Roger Ross Williams Quotes

When I decided to make 'Blackface,' a short film about Black Pete, I had little knowledge of the giant cesspool of hate I was about to dive into. I didn't realize how popular and passionate many white Dutch are about a figure that they connect to fond memories from their childhood.

Roger Ross Williams

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KnowledgeMemoriesHateChildhood

I did my first recording. It was called The Champ.

Jimmy Smith

FirstRecordingDidChamp

That is why I fought against abortion and that is why if I were still in the Senate I would be doing everything I could to defend the sanctity of marriage.

Jesse Helms

MarriageDoingAbortionWhyDefend

It is always easier to believe than to deny. Our minds are naturally affirmative.

John Burroughs

BelieveMindsAlwaysEasierThan

I think, as a woman and as somebody in the entertainment industry, we have to be careful what we're putting out there and what we're trying to say.

Jenny Mollen

WomanThinkTryingSayEntertainment

I write about all manner of things: a guy fighting aliens in the New York State Library, Antarctica, Inca civilization in Peru, the Great Pyramid at Giza, and people often ask me, where do I get these ideas from? They come from reading widely, watching a lot of documentaries, and increasingly ,as I was able to, travelling around the world.

Matthew Reilly

GreatNew YorkPeopleIdeasWorld

If getting a great body was easy, every woman would look Jessica Biel, and every guy would have a body like Kellan Lutz.

John Romaniello

GreatWomanEasyBodyLookGuy

It's self-centered to think that human beings, as limited as we are, can describe divinity.

John Templeton

ThinkHumanSelf-CenteredDivinity

I'm a keen musician. Me and my mates have a great times jamming and recording stuff. We have a great band behind us and have turned my nursery-rhyme songs into quite credible pieces of music.

Tom Felton

MusicGreatMeBandPiecesUs

One of the things I really love about restaurants is that in many ways, they are the ultimate democratic institutions, where you get to walk in the door, plunk down your money, and for however long that you're there, you can be anyone you want to be.

Ruth Reichl

LoveMoneyWalkDoorLongYou

The shades of respectability begin to close about the greying head.

Mason Cooley

AgeShadesBeginHeadCloseAbout

Cops and criminals aren't that different. They just play by different sets of rules. And the lines get blurred. There's no such thing as 'right' and 'wrong.' There's always a grey area. There are always hypocrisies.

Mike Colter

RulesWrongPlayGreyRightAlways

I would never say, 'Ooh, let's do something really dark.'

Julia Davis

DarkSayNeverSomethingWouldOoh

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