Lorraine Hansberry Quotes

The thing that makes you exceptional, if you are at all, is inevitably that which must also make you lonely.

Lorraine Hansberry

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: playwright
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 19, 1930 - January 12, 1965

Topics

LonelyYouMustMakeExceptional

When I'm surfing, I'm sure not thinking about the paparazzi. I guess if they start getting on floaties and coming out there in the water, then I might be a little upset.

Matthew McConaughey

WaterStartThinkingUpsetOutSure

You don't make spending decisions, investment decisions, hiring decisions, or whether-you're-going-to-look-for-a-job decisions when you don't know what's going to happen.

Michael Bloomberg

DecisionsYouKnowInvestmentHappen

You avoid the hype while you're working, you have to, but the premiere is the one night of the year where you can enjoy it.

Tom Felton

NightEnjoyYearYouHypeWorking

I would like to think that the singer is the butterfly, and the drummer was just the little grub in the ground, working to become a caterpillar.

Robert Wyatt

ButterflyThinkDrummerBecomeJust

The best piece of advice my father gave me was to always work hard. One thing he instilled: Proper preparation prevents poor performances.

Michelle Carter

WorkFatherBestPreparationMe

My limited theater experience was when I was a kid starting out: two or three plays. I was good in one and mediocre in the other. My problem is that I have other interests.

Michael Keaton

GoodExperienceProblemThreeKid

We inherit plots. There are only two or three in the world, five or six at most. We ride them like treadmills.

Janette Turner Hospital

RideWorldThreeTwoFiveOnly

I was the class clown in school, and I was also a child actor - not on television, but in the theatre.

Dean Haglund

SchoolChildTheatreTelevisionAlso

I think a firm grip helps you control the club and prevents it from turning in your hands. Another thing about feel is, if you make a change in your grip, it takes time for your brain to adapt.

Arnold Palmer

ChangeTimeBrainControlThinkYou

With every project, there are things that surprise you with the meaning they take on as you start to use them.

Phil Schiller

StartSurpriseMeaningYouProject

I've got this fear of becoming comfortable.

Susanne Bier

FearComfortableGotBecoming

Although the big word on the left is 'compassion,' the big agenda on the left is dependency.

Thomas Sowell

CompassionBigLeftAgendaWord

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