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Lorraine Hansberry Quotes

The whole realm of morality and ethics is something that has escaped the attention of women, by and large. And it needs the attention of intellectual women most desperately.

Lorraine Hansberry

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Women Ethics Attention Intellectual

The world doesn't need another clothing company. But it does need a certain funk.

Andre Benjamin

World Need Company Clothing Funk

Magic in cinema is a bit like ventriloquism on the radio.

Jeanine Basinger

Magic Cinema Radio Like Bit

It's not at all uncommon for a writer to get a ton of publicity for one book and then not get as much for the next one. I don't worry about that because I try to worry about the one single part of the job I can control: the writing of the book. If I do that well, I feel, good tidings generally will follow and readers will stick with me.

Jeff Abbott

Good Job Me Writing Control Book

Writers are often alone when they work. Hours pass in silence as one long moment; light fades as day turns back to face the coming night.

Simon Van Booy

Work Alone Light Moment Day Silence

I am not a Catholic; but I consider the Christian idea, which has its roots in Greek thought and in the course of the centuries has nourished all of our European civilization, as something that one cannot renounce without becoming degraded.

Simone Weil

I Am Roots Thought Christian Without

George Burns was a Vaudeville performer I particularly loved.

Tom Waits

Loved Performer Vaudeville Burns

What Russia really needs is not gay rights but human rights, and the rule of law.

Robert Zubrin

Law Gay Rule Of Law Human Rights

Have you noticed the debt is exploding? And it's not all because of Medicare.

Ron Paul

You Debt Because Medicare Noticed

Of course a politician's promise isn't worth the paper it's written on.

Russell Pearce

Worth Paper Politician Promise

I like to keep in touch with younger photographers. It's important that a younger generation comes up and questions the assumptions made by old farts like me.

Martin Parr

Me Generation Questions Assumptions

For a competitive junkie like me, golf is a great solution because it smacks you in the face every time you think you have accomplished something. That to me has taken over a lot of the energy and competitiveness for basketball.

Michael Jordan

Great Time Me Energy Face Think

Setting up a community and seeing what happens to it when the megalomaniacs get busy: that's my main preoccupation.

Louis de Bernieres

Community Busy Seeing Up Get Main