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Booker T. Washington Quotes

No race can prosper till it learns that there is as much dignity in tilling a field as in writing a poem.

Booker T. Washington

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: educator
Nationality: american
Birth: April 5, 1856 - November 14, 1915

Topics

Writing Dignity Race Poem Prosper

My art flatters nobody by imitation; it courts nobody by smoothness, tickles nobody by petiteness... there is no finish in nature.

Nature Art Nobody Finish Imitation

Well, I think the main message is there is more to your story. There is more than what happens between the crib and the grave, and that is what I am really trying to speak to, this idea that all of life is this life and that there is nothing more than what we see and experience right here on this earth.

Life Experience I Am Speak Think

I remain terrified of the capacity of the media, the capacity of spin doctors, here and abroad, particularly the United States media, to perpetuate false lies, perpetuate lies.

Media False United Here Spin Lies

If the character is really well-rounded, and it's a really strong character, and if the writing is just fantastic, that's the thing that will hook me in, certainly.

Amanda Abbington

Character Me Writing Strong Will

I tend to write about towns because that's what I remember best. You can put a boundary on the number of characters you insert into a small town. I tend to create a lot of characters, so this is a sort of restraint on the character building I do for a novel.

Character Best Building Small You

Christopher Knowles, Buechner, Heiner Mueller, Burroughs, Chekhov, Shakespeare - it's all one body of work.

Work Body Shakespeare Chekhov

Oust me if you want, but if I stepped down, I would be admitting guilt.

Me Guilt You Down Want Would

There is nothing so habit-forming as money.

The Civil Rights for Musicians Act is about economic justice for African American artists. It's about what's right. And it's about time.

Time Justice American Musicians Act

Doing 40-minute track sessions is easy money compared to what we were doing on the Tour. What you used to think was hard now feels like a walk in the park.

Bradley Wiggins

Money Walk Think Doing Easy You

You never know what life is going to throw at you, really, do you?

Life You Know Never Going Throw

Man's naked form belongs to no particular moment in history; it is eternal, and can be looked upon with joy by the people of all ages.

History Moment Man Joy People Naked

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