Cicely Tyson Quotes

One of the things I have always said about the man-woman relationship is that I don't want anybody to walk ahead of me, and I don't want anybody to walk behind me. I want a man who will walk along beside me. And that's how I feel about equal rights.

Cicely Tyson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: December 19, 1933

Topics

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It's amazing what it opens up in women when you tell them you've just played a midwife.

Jessica Raine

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We need, first of all, for there to be accountability, for there to be somebody who is responsible for enforcing standards and holding people's feet to the fire.

Jennifer Granholm

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The Platform for Action gives due emphasis to the fact that women globally have continued to have insufficient access to the resources necessary to achieve economic independence.

Jenny Shipley

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Your brain is cooked when you write hard for three or four hours.

John Grisham

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They should go back to the medieval tradition, which is that the nave of the church is always used for local business.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

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Tablets generally have made it pretty obvious that magazines have a new lease on life.

Jeff Bewkes

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At any given moment, I've always assumed that nearly everyone around me was smarter than I was, more naturally gifted, quicker-witted, and probably capable of understanding Heidegger and Derrida.

Michael Dirda

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People are very protective of their cell phones, how it's used, where it's used and how much it costs. It has become a very personal issue for a whole lot of people in this country.

Steve Largent

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When I'm on the road, restaurants are like gyms: I know where I want to be in each city.

Triple H

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My friend's granddad died of prostate cancer and it had a profound effect on me. So when I was presented with the opportunity to speak out, I had to take it. This is a life threatening issue for men; it happens every day. The more you know, the better your chances are of dealing with it if the worst were to happen.

Tristan Wilds

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They give me the money, I give them the book. Having input into the adaptation would be kind of like selling a house and coming back three years later and saying, 'Paint it this color!'

Robert B. Parker

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They think they have God Almighty by the toe.

Ludovico Ariosto

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