Countee Cullen Quotes

There is no secret to success except hard work and getting something indefinable which we call 'the breaks.' In order for a writer to succeed, I suggest three things - read and write - and wait.

Countee Cullen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 30, 1903 - January 9, 1946

Topics

WorkHard WorkSuccessWaitSucceed

SoundCloud took a community-first approach to building its business, prioritizing finding artists to post on its service over making deals with music labels to license their music, the approach taken by Spotify.

Jenna Wortham

BusinessMusicServiceBuildingOver

When a child, my dreams rode on your wishes, I was your son, high on your horse, My mind a top whipped by the lashes Of your rhetoric, windy of course.

Stephen Spender

DreamsSonChildMindHorseWishes

There was a mental institution near my house, and I would donate time teaching mentally ill patients how to do ceramics. I photographed them as well. So those were my first pictures.

Steven Klein

TimeHousePicturesFirstMental

What is special about the House of Marley is that it's my father's vision that guides our production process.

Rohan Marley

FatherVisionProcessHouseSpecial

As simple as it sounds, we all must try to be the best person we can: by making the best choices, by making the most of the talents we've been given.

Mary Lou Retton

BestSimpleChoicesPersonTryBeen

Command-and-control isn't the kind of corporate culture people want to be in anymore.

Mindy Grossman

CulturePeopleWantKindCorporate

I always enjoy rhythms and melodies, but I always use my voice as more of an instrument and less of a soapbox for me to say or to preach.

Chino Moreno

MeVoiceEnjoySayMoreAlways

It's mind-altering when you slip into someone else's shoes. That's psychedelic, man.

Bryan Cranston

ShoesManSomeoneYouPsychedelic

I think human self-hatred may be the great untold story of the millennium. It's the common thread linking deep ecology and animal rights, the love and money we lavish on pets, the uneasy longing for extraterrestrials to be meddling with us.

Annie Gottlieb

LoveGreatMoneyAnimalDeepThink

I never wear pants; I only wear dresses.

Aslaug Magnusdottir

DressesNeverPantsWearOnly

I think it was very important for me to look at starting to build a safety net so that I didn't feel the insecurity of the ups and downs of finances because I might do no film a year, or I might do six commercials, or I might do none.

Priyanka Chopra

MeSafetyInsecurityThinkYear

In Congress, I am focused on the effects of climate change, including ocean acidification and sea-level rise - both of which are threats to healthy oceans that sustain life on- and off-shore.

Scott Peters

LifeChangeOceanI AmRiseHealthy

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