Ntozake Shange Quotes

I remember that my mother used to take me to see ballets, especially if there were black people in them.

Ntozake Shange

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MotherPeopleMeBlackRememberSee

I can't even touch another conductor's baton. The center of gravity, the feel of the handle, puts me totally off.

Jeffrey Tate

MeFeelGravityTouchCenterHandle

'UnREAL' has always been provocative and bitingly honest, which makes the show what it is.

Jeffrey Bowyer-Chapman

AlwaysHonestShowBeenProvocative

Those who wish well to the State ought to choose to places of trust men of inward principle, justified by exemplary conversation.

John Witherspoon

TrustMenWishChooseConversation

Peter Townshend shows us it's all right to grow up. There is dignity after rock'n'roll.

Sting

GrowDignityGrow UpRightUpUs

When I was in college, I did sort of want to be a journalist. Being an actor, you kind of have the same interest. You go into a story, and you tell it from your point of view for people who aren't there. That's what an actor does with a character. But the real life is more more interesting.

Sigourney Weaver

LifeCharacterPeopleCollegeStory

My movies don't make any money, and they don't really light the world on fire. But I'm really lucky because I've gotten them made.

Mike Binder

LightMoneyFireWorldMoviesLucky

When I first started at HSN, I knew that retailers would have to be poised to take advantage of technology and the rapidly changing ways in which people shop. It was one of the things that drew me to the company.

Mindy Grossman

TechnologyPeopleMeTake Advantage

Running was a part of my hardwiring, and that's what I wanted to do. So this is what I tell people who talk about wanting to follow their passion. 'It doesn't have to be running. It can be basket weaving. Be the best basket weaver in the world. Throw your heart and soul into it.'

Dean Karnazes

PassionHeartBestSoulPeopleTalk

People who take themselves too seriously, who can't see anything else, are usually funny.

Christopher Guest

FunnyPeopleSeriouslySeeAnything

The way I choose to show my feelings is through my songs.

Marianne Faithfull

ChooseFeelingsWayThroughShow

All the really good players I know, they all knew right from wrong. So many of them don't learn that at home nowadays.

Gordon Strachan

GoodHomeLearnWrongKnowRight

Everyone, real or invented, deserves the open destiny of life.

Grace Paley

LifeDestinyRealEveryoneOpen

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