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Tim Wise Quotes

Jesus was not born in a manger in central Pennsylvania. He was a man of color. And the fact that we have represented him for centuries literally as a white man speaks to the entire history of white supremacy.

Tim Wise

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: activist
Nationality: american
Birth: October 4, 1968

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History Man Color White Born Him

It infuriates me that the work of white American writers can be universal and lay claim to classic texts, while black and female authors are ghetto-ized as 'other.'

Jesmyn Ward

Work Me Black American White Claim

Chemotherapy is an opponent in itself - simultaneously curing you and hurting you.

Jenna Morasca

You Opponent Chemotherapy Hurting

I find any sort of acting that doesn't have any humor in it is mind-numbingly boring. 'Serious acting' is the kind of acting that I don't ever respond to.

Andrew Scott

Humor Find Acting Serious Boring

When I was in my 20s, I wanted to be tough. I discovered that I didn't want to be the woman I was raised to be - a good, traditional wife. When I went out in the world to find a husband, I found that husbands weren't ready to accept the kind of woman I was going to be.

Angeles Mastretta

Good Wife Woman World Tough Husband

The fact that I stay anonymous means I can exhibit wherever I want. No one knows my name, so it's easy for me to travel.

Travel Me Name Easy I Can Want

The Super Bowl is an occasion that's really associated with abundance - lots of snacks, parties, spectacle - and so it would be great if there were also some kind of tradition of generosity attached to it as well.

Josh Gondelman

Great Generosity Tradition Kind Well

I grew up in the suburbs north of Atlanta. I had an amazing childhood, and I still go back to my home in Atlanta often.

Devon Werkheiser

Home Childhood Amazing Back Go Up

In these times, God's people must trust him for rest of body and soul.

David Wilkerson

God Trust Soul People Rest Body

We hope the world will act in the spirit of enlightened self-interest.

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Hope World Will Spirit Self-Interest

I can't help teasing people. That's the way that I am, and I hope that nobody takes it too personally.

Tim Daly

Hope I Am People Help Nobody Way

It may be that that we can sing what we often cannot say, whether it be from shyness, fear, lack of the right words or the passion or dramatic gift to express them. More souls have rallied to more causes by the strains of music than by straining rhetoric.

Richard Rodgers

Fear Music Passion Words Gift Say

I have a red line against the Americans.

Muqtada al Sadr

Red Line Against Red Line