Home
Topics
Authors
:
A
B
C
D
E
F
G
H
I
J
K
L
M
N
O
P
Q
R
S
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Z

Ruby Dee Quotes

It's getting increasingly difficult to be a dreamer under any circumstances.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Dreamer Circumstances Difficult Any

I was enrolled in divinity school and thought I was going to become a minister - I'm Episcopalian - but I was disavowed of that notion pretty quickly while working at the hospital. I found myself really unfulfilled by the answers that are traditionally offered to questions of why some people suffer and why others suffer so little.

Myself School People Thought Become

I don't think of myself as a policy expert. I think education is the most important thing.

Education Myself Think Important

I look away at car crashes, and I know people who look away at car crashes, because it makes us uncomfortable to watch other people in pain.

Car Pain People Uncomfortable Look

But the Republic has its rules and it must not tolerate any abuse of them.

Jean-Pierre Raffarin

Rules Abuse Republic Must Tolerate

If you go away on location for three months and your wife stays at home, you've made a whole new load of friends and she's made a whole new load of friends and you get home and you're kind of strangers.

Home Wife Friends You Strangers New

I love studying Ancient History and seeing how empires rise and fall, sowing the seeds of their own destruction.

Martin Scorsese

Love History Seeds Fall Seeing Rise

My mom, my aunt, and my grandma banded together and gave me a village of support when I was growing up.

Together Support Me Mom Growing Up

Years ago when you'd go to a working group most of the people in the working group would be from universities. Now most of the people are from companies who are building internet products and care what the standards turn out to be.

People Building Care Internet You

I don't watch a lot of my work. I'm not really interested in seeing it after I do it. Because I came from theater, where, you know, it's impossible to actually review your work, so why would I bother under any other circumstances?

Work Impossible You Seeing Know Why

One of the reasons why I created the podcast called the 'The Call-In' that we do through Array - because as a black artist, every time I sit down with mainstream media, I'm asked about issues of race, identity and culture. No one asked what they ask my white male counterparts, which is: 'Where do you like to put the camera?'

Time Culture Identity Black Media

The lesson of the Cuban Missile Crisis is plain: Strength prevents war; weakness invites it. We need a commander-in-chief who understands that - and who won't leave us facing a foe who thinks he doesn't.

Arthur L. Herman

Strength War Weakness Lesson Crisis

The first glass is for myself, the second for my friends, the third for good humor, and the forth for my enemies.

Good Myself Humor Friends Glass

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Ruby Dee