Ruby Dee Quotes

You should always be prepared to win. But as much as I tell myself that, I've accepted another kind of role. Racism undercuts expectation, something like that. I'm not saying that to excuse myself from anything, but I've lived all this time, and things don't happen.

Ruby Dee

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 27, 1922 - June 11, 2014

Topics

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Each generation has a backlash against the generation before.

Jo Brand

GenerationAgainstBeforeEach

I read a lot of scripts that I just don't find very funny.

Jennifer Aniston

FunnyFindJustReadVeryScripts

There are so many things we have not seen in 'Spider-Man' yet... I want to use bad guys never seen in movies. The first films were so traditional and so scrupulously followed the character's classic plot... So there's a lot of stuff left in stock. 'The Clone Saga,' for example.

Tom Holland

CharacterBadWantMoviesNever

When people say they prefer organic food, what they often seem to mean is they don't want their food tainted with pesticides and their meat shot full of hormones or antibiotics. Many object to the way a few companies - Monsanto is the most famous of them - control so many of the seeds we grow.

Michael Specter

FoodPeopleControlSeedsGrowWant

I warm up at home. I hit the stage, I'm ready, whether it's rehearsal or anything.

Louis Armstrong

HomeWarmReadyStageUpAnything

My family was a Christian family. But I had to get to Kansas to play the blues.

Jay McShann

FamilyChristianBluesPlayKansas

When you're unemployed for six months or a year, it is hard to qualify for a lease, so even the option of relocating to find a job is often off the table.

Janet Yellen

JobYearYouFindTableHard

Nothing beats a live performance. Nothing.

Jonathan Demme

LivePerformanceNothingBeats

I made no pretense of doing balanced reporting about murder. I was appalled by defense attorneys who would do anything to win an acquittal for a guilty person.

Dominick Dunne

WinDoingGuiltyPersonAnything

Kansas City, well, part of the town's pretty cool, and part of the town is not. But it's gonna be that way no matter where you go.

Chris Cubas

CityCoolYouGoWayMatter

I was never a liberal. I was radical. I was cynical. I was negative. But, I was never a liberal. I always saw that as too lukewarm for me.

Clarence Thomas

MeNegativeNeverAlwaysCynical

I think Jay Leno is fantastic.

Brian L. Roberts

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