Josephine Baker Quotes

I ran away from home. I ran away from St. Louis, and then I ran away from the United States of America, because of that terror of discrimination, that horrible beast which paralyzes one's very soul and body.

Josephine Baker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: dancer
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: June 3, 1906 - April 12, 1975

Topics

HomeSoulAmericaBodyBeastUnited

I was telling the truth. I feel like we got that point across.

Jim Barksdale

TruthFeelPointTelling The Truth

Canada had the good health-care system and educational system. It was a privilege for me to grow up there.

Melanie Fiona

GoodMeGrowCanadaPrivilegeUp

Many, many people can write books. I just happen to be one of them.

Michael Ian Black

PeopleWriteHappenJustBooksMany

People write negatives things, cause they feel that's what sells. Good news to them, doesn't sell.

Michael Jackson

GoodPeopleFeelGood NewsNews

I've done a lot of books with Asian antecedents to them - some of my fantasy novels have been that way, and certainly in the 'Battletech' universe, there's a lot of Asian culture in that.

Michael A. Stackpole

CultureUniverseDoneFantasyWay

Are vampires kinky? I didn't know.

Roger Ebert

KnowKinkyVampires

I was very willing to take on controversial roles that people didn't really want to look at.

Rosie Perez

PeopleLookWantTakeControversial

When you're younger, you want to project an image of yourself through your work, but now, I just want to make something honest.

Miguel Sapochnik

WorkYourselfYouNowWantImage

My kids would probably say that I'm too strict. They probably would say that, and I try not to be, but I'm probably more on the conservative end of that. At the same time, I know full well that ultimately I don't really have control over them.

Michelle Pfeiffer

TimeControlEndKnowSayTry

Any human anywhere will blossom in a hundred unexpected talents and capacities simply by being given the opportunity to do so.

Doris Lessing

OpportunityUnexpectedBlossomWill

As a reader since very early, I have found myself drawn to rants.

Claire Messud

MyselfEarlyFoundVerySinceDrawn

A Jew without Jews, without Judaism, without Zionism, without Jewishness, without a temple or an army or even a pistol, a Jew clearly without a home, just the object itself, like a glass or an apple.

Philip Roth

HomeArmyAppleGlassTempleJust

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