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William Wells Brown Quotes

All I demand for the black man is, that the white people shall take their heels off his neck, and let him have a chance to rise by his own efforts.

William Wells Brown

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Man People Chance Black Rise White

I don't lose my temper. I used to, but I realised I would probably die of a brain hemorrhage. So I've governed myself not to mind about things. I have no road rage or anything like that. Because it's life-shortening. And also, there's no need for it; it uses up energy.

Myself Mind Brain Road Energy Die

It's a different world.

World Different Different World

Most of the time, when you need something at a company, you make it. If you want to sell a product, you create it. If you need a head of marketing, you hire one. If you want to create a great company culture, what do you do? The lack of a clear answer on this is why I believe most companies don't have a great culture.

Great Time Culture Believe You Want

Human nature is the same now as when Adam hid from the presence of God; the consciousness of wrong makes us unwilling to meet those whom we have offended.

Matthew Simpson

Nature God Human Nature Wrong Meet

I had done 25 motion pictures prior to The Partridge Family and nobody knew my name.

Family Name Pictures Nobody Done

My real self is probably more creative and more frightening than any sort of drink or drug-induced state.

Creative Self Drink More Real Than

I love what a women embodies. I love our bodies; I love the way we communicate with our bodies. I love the way dance creates movement. It's art in motion.

Love Women Art Dance Way Movement

I think the durability of the sedan as well as its worldwide appeal argues well for it as a concept that resonates with people's ideas about how their lives are oriented. They understand the difference between an area for powertrain, an area for people, and an area for their stuff.

People Ideas Think Understand Well

I'm interested in authentic experience and the essence of that creative place, and where those myths begin and where they become real on any level.

Experience Creative Place Become

I'm a natural optimist.

Bozoma Saint John

Optimist Natural

Sure, there's a chunk of African-Americans out there who associate the Republican Party with racism, frankly particularly in the Deep South. It's an unfair perception, but it exists. Over a period time, that perception will die away if Republicans are focusing on issues that happen to impact African-Americans.

Time Racism Perception Deep Impact

I still get really nervous, though, before each performance. It kind of hits about 15 minutes before we go onstage - sometimes I don't even want to go on. But once I'm onstage I'm fine.

Performance Go Sometimes Want Kind

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