Lorraine Hansberry Quotes

Men continue to misinterpret the second-rate status of women as implying a privileged status for themselves; heterosexuals think the same way about homosexuals; gentiles about Jews; whites about blacks; haves about have-nots.

Lorraine Hansberry

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

WomenMenThinkWaySameStatus

As long as God gives me strength to work and try to make things real for my children, I'm going to work for it - even if it means making the ultimate sacrifice.

Medgar Evers

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After all, you're not exactly a nation like all the other nations. You are unique, if only because you are such an ancient people, and because of the way you are spread all over the world and your obvious success in many fields.

Jean-Marie Le Pen

SuccessPeopleWorldYouUniqueWay

My father was always very interested in space. I watch Star Trek and all those things, but I always had a different picture in my mind... maybe closer to Alien. I don't see it in space as much as I do see it in different planets, with each having its own strange characters.

Sigourney Weaver

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Mr. Tyler acquired Texas by voluntary compact, and Mr. Polk California and New Mexico by successful war.

Robert Toombs

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To go from playing Jack Startz in 'Behind the Candelabra' to playing JFK in the same year, I have now operated at the far ends of my range as an actor.

Rob Lowe

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For the most part, if you're willing to work hard enough, you can recover from most injuries. Having that mentality really helps you keep moving forward.

Mike Schultz

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The first time I wore a head scarf, I was 16. I looked and felt like a nun. I missed the wind in my hair. For me, it was not a comfortable thing to wear.

Mona Eltahawy

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My parents were very proud of me. After they passed, my career doesn't mean as much to me.

Joyce Carol Oates

ParentsMeProudCareerMeanMuch

My main source of reading is scripts, which doesn't leave a whole lot of room for books.

Josh Hutcherson

ReadingLeaveRoomSourceWholeLot

The E.U. is founded on the Treaties which apply only to the Member States who have agreed and ratified them.

Jose Manuel Barroso

OnlyWhoMemberApplyTreatiesThem

Free speech is not just another value. It's the foundation of Western civilization.

Jordan Peterson

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How blessed are some people, whose lives have no fears, no dreads; to whom sleep is a blessing that comes nightly, and brings nothing but sweet dreams.

Bram Stoker

DreamsBlessingSleepPeopleSweet

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