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William Wells Brown Quotes

Despotism increases in severity with the number of despots; the responsibility is more divided, and the claims are more numerous.

William Wells Brown

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: activist
Nationality: american
Birth: 1814 - 1884

Topics

Responsibility More Divided Number

My uncle wrestled in the late '80s to early '90s, and I was too young to see his matches. However, he has always supported me in my journey, and I think that without his support, all this would not have been possible. He taught me a lot, and he is the reason that I'm a WWE wrestler.

Journey Support Me Think Early Late

There was a little afternoon show that was called Afternoon. Back in those days in television, most local stations had a midday show for housewives that had a series of things. It was like a variety show for midday.

Back Television Days Little Variety

If you're doing a musical, you should be out to give the audience something special, emotional, an uplifting feeling, something that stays with them. And you're not going to do that by bumming them out.

Doing You Feeling Special Emotional

Getting on a plane is hard for me, but I do it, because travel is vital to me.

Amanda Lindhout

Travel Me Hard Because Vital Plane

To turn really interesting ideas and fledgling technologies into a company that can continue to innovate for years, it requires a lot of disciplines.

Ideas Interesting Company Years Turn

You want success, and then when you do get it, you don't want it because of the attention.

Success Attention You Want Get Then

One of the things I'm proudest of is, on my record 'That Was the Year that Was' in 1965, I made a joke about spending $20 billion sending some clown to the moon. I was against the manned space program then, and I'm even more against it now, that whole waste of money.

Money Space Moon Year Now More

Were you to read the British press today, you would learn that the British Empire never forgets its defeats.

Today Learn You Never Empire Press

I did sing in a choir for a while, but if anybody was sick, I always whispered my songs to make sure nobody could pick out my voice.

Mary Steenburgen

Sick Voice Nobody Choir Always Out

It is a retrogression when human beings begin to insist on uniform, on one-mindedness, on conditioning their offspring so that all their reactions are automatic.

Uniform Human Begin Human Beings

I'm not a wine connoisseur, but I do like a glass or two at night.

Night Wine Glass Two Like

Something like 'A Single Man,' it was tiny; it was financed by one guy. We all lost money doing it.

Money Man Doing Lost Single Guy

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