Rosa Parks Quotes

Let us look at Jim Crow for the criminal he is and what he has done to one life multiplied millions of times over these United States and the world. He walks us on a tightrope from birth.

Rosa Parks

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 4, 1913 - October 24, 2005

Topics

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The Asian-American kids I meet respond to a democracy in the vulgarity of my roles.

John Cho

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'A Tree Grows in Brooklyn' by Betty Smith is one of my favorites. Even though it doesn't have any monsters or crazy fantasy in it, it's such a raw story, and I can really relate to the characters. I think it's a beautiful story.

Amandla Stenberg

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It was not possible to film in California, because all the areas are heavily built up now. Coming to Cape Town is an invitation to step into the past and recreate Los Angeles of the 1930s.

Robert Towne

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Among this country's enduring myths is that success is virtuous, while the wealth by which we measure success is incidental. We tell ourselves that money cannot buy happiness, but what is incontrovertible is that money buys stuff, and if stuff makes you happy, well, complete the syllogism.

Rumaan Alam

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It's really interesting to me how all of us can experience the exact same event, and yet come away with wildly disparate interpretations of what happened. We each have totally different ideas of what was said, what was intended, and what really took place.

Marya Hornbacher

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With each character in a movie, I'm looking for a human being. I'm looking for a person. And to me, I'm looking for a person that's full of strengths and weaknesses, a person that's full of successes and failures, a person that's full of joy and sorrow. I'm interested in people that are human beings that are alive.

Derek Cianfrance

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I worked the bar business in Fort Lauderdale.

Diamond Dallas Page

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The difference between tax avoidance and tax evasion is the thickness of a prison wall.

Denis Healey

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I have a fan base that goes everywhere from 5 to - I don't even know what age, but grown adults.

Christina Milian

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People often want the big dramatic works, not the smaller quieter ones, but I don't worry about how it fits together anymore; I just have to do it. I feel compelled to make a work: it's like an itch I have to scratch, and once it's been scratched, it goes away.

Cornelia Parker

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I've frowned at the idea of breaking records, the first one to do something, or do it longer, higher, more difficult.

Philippe Petit

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I like playing the guy on the sidelines. They have more fun.

Peter Dinklage

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