Lorraine Toussaint Quotes

We all have a dark side. Most of us go through life avoiding direct confrontation with that aspect of ourselves, which I call the shadow self. There's a reason why. It carries a great deal of energy.

Lorraine Toussaint

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Topics

LifeGreatShadowEnergySelfDark

I think I have a pretty goofy profile for a writer. It seems to me most writers were reading 'Little Women' when they were 6 months old. At the age of a lot of my readers, I wanted to be a major league baseball player. I didn't read much.

Jerry Spinelli

WomenAgeBaseballMeReadingThink

Remember that government doesn't earn one single dollar it spends. In order for you to get money from the government, that money must first be taken from somebody else.

Jesse Ventura

MoneyGovernmentRememberYouFirst

Investment is crucial. Because the truth is, you only get jobs and growth in the economy when people invest money, at their own risk, in setting up a business or expanding an existing business.

John Key

GrowthBusinessTruthMoneyPeople

The first step towards vice is to shroud innocent actions in mystery, and whoever likes to conceal something sooner or later has reason to conceal it.

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

StepFirst StepMysteryInnocent

I'd been gearing up to working in theatre since coming out of drama school, but it was an exciting time for TV drama - it was the birth of Channel 4, and Brookside was very cutting-edge at the time.

Amanda Burton

TimeSchoolTheatreDramaBirthOut

If I write a book where all I've ever experienced is success, people won't take a positive lesson from it. In being candid, I have to own up to my own failures, both in my marriage and in my work environment.

Sonia Sotomayor

PositiveWorkSuccessMarriageBook

If anything, Powerpoint, if used well, would ideally reflect the way we think.

Steven Pinker

ThinkWayReflectAnythingUsed

At one time, I wanted to be a WWE wrestler. I still do. I want to go in the ring once and mess around and jump off the ropes and do a Stone Cold stunt.

Rob Gronkowski

TimeColdStoneJumpGoWant

I always had a soft spot for Sandra Bullock.

Rupert Evans

AlwaysSoftSpotHadSandra Bullock

I've often wondered if the trade-off for growing up in the relative newness and freshness of the West Coast was befuddlement when it comes to historical preservation. We don't have many old things, and we don't really know what to do with the few that are around when our default response is to compost or field burn.

Mary Pilon

Growing UpGrowingKnowBurnOldUp

Presidents and prime ministers, whether they live in the rich or the poor world, are insulated and isolated from the devastating impact of global poverty. They read the statistics, but they rarely witness at first hand the misery and degradation of life on a dollar a day.

Jonathan Dimbleby

LifeLiveDayWorldRichImpact

But here is the single greatest thing about the 'Vanity Fair' party: There are uniformed In-N-Out Burger employees circulating the room with trays of cheeseburgers all night long.

Diablo Cody

NightBurgerEmployeesLongVanity

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Lorraine Toussaint