Alice Walker Quotes

The trouble with our people is as soon as they got out of slavery they didn't want to give the white man nothing else. But the fact is, you got to give em something. Either your money, your land, your woman or your ass.

Alice Walker

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 9, 1944

Topics

MoneyWomanManPeopleSlaveryYou

I really never watched myself on TV.

Jim Nabors

MyselfNeverTVWatchedReally

I think there's a million talented people out there, it's just a matter of luck a lot of the time.

Joan Cusack

TimePeopleLuckThinkMatterOut

I don't want to suggest that matrimony was necessarily a tragic affair - some of our neighbours' marriages seemed quite functional, if somewhat routine; nevertheless, in the workaday world, it is wedlock that is most likely to offer the occasion for life-threatening disappointment.

John Burnside

DisappointmentWorldRoutineWant

As far as the pros, people pay to come and see us, and I appreciate it because I'm able to take care of my family. So I don't really judge fans about what they say, good or bad.

Metta World Peace

FamilyGoodPeopleAppreciateJudge

We have a right, also, in various ways, to act upon our unfavorable opinion of anyone, not to the oppression of his individuality, but in the exercise of ours.

John Stuart Mill

OpinionExerciseOppressionRight

'Mr. India' was a turning point. Before that, Hindi moviegoers saw me just as a glamour girl. After 'Mr. India,' they felt I could act.

Sridevi

GirlMeIndiaGlamourPointAct

I have good anticipation, and good reaction to the the ball because I've played so many matches in my life.

Martina Hingis

LifeGoodMy LifeAnticipationBall

The House of Representatives provides a special, nonpartisan staff of lawyers, called Legislative Counsel, who are experts in various areas of the law.

Jared Polis

LawLawyersHouseSpecialCounsel

We need to get out of the way of the small business owner - and big business owners - and allow them to do what government can only dream of doing: creating jobs and thereby creating wealth.

Diane Hendricks

BusinessGovernmentSmallDoingWay

If I have a thousand ideas and only one turns out to be good, I am satisfied.

Alfred Nobel

GoodI AmIdeasSatisfiedOutOnly

Great songs stand out wherever they're from.

Willie Nelson

GreatStandOutWhereverSongs

I think it is OK to surprise people.

Shaun Evans

PeopleThinkSurpriseOKI Think

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