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Ntozake Shange Quotes

I'm a firm believer that language and how we use language determines how we act, and how we act then determines our lives and other people's lives.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: playwright
Nationality: american
Birth: October 18, 1948

Topics

People Language Act Firm Our How

In fiction, imaginary people become realer to us than any named celebrity glimpsed in a series of rumored events, whose causes and subtler ramifications must remain in the dark. An invented figure like Anna Karenina or Emma Bovary emerges fully into the light of understanding, which brings with it identification, sympathy and pity.

Light People Sympathy Understanding

I'm an actor. And like a lot of actors, it's very important that everybody loves you all the time.

Time You Important Actor Like Very

Outside of his loving family, I'm sure that Andy Griffith was Don Knotts' greatest fan.

Family Loving Outside Greatest Sure

I'd like to focus on my life on creating new medicines for people who are suffering from rare disease.

Life Focus People Suffering My Life

I wanted to be a tough kid, so I thought, 'I'm going to move to New York, and I'm going to be a thug when I come out of there.'

New York Tough Thought New Thug Kid

Music to me is about being honest, and it's what I've always pictured music as. I don't see the point of expressing yourself if you are going to be cryptic about it.

Music Yourself Me You Always See

I've always been kind of uncomfortable just on the beach in a swimsuit. I'm never my most confident in a bikini on the beach, especially when you know people are looking at you, and they expect one thing because of what they see in the magazines, and you might not look that way. It's always been a scary thing for me.

Beach People Me Looking Confident

I wrote and directed a movie called 'Two-Bit Waltz.'

Movie Wrote Waltz Directed

My parents put skates on me at age 2, the way it should be if you're serious, and I've always liked it.

Age Parents Me You Serious Way

Being a singer is a natural gift. It means I'm using to the highest degree possible the gift that God gave me to use. I'm happy with that.

Aretha Franklin

God Happy Me Gift Possible Singer

You have to understand that crew members make movies so they're seeing a lot of actors all the time in their career acting.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

Time You Seeing Career Acting Crew

I did study the art of being a barber because I wanted to figure out what my routine would be. Do you start in the front or back? Top or bottom? Swivel the chair or walk around? What I did discover is there's no such thing as the perfect haircut!

Sean Patrick Thomas

Art Walk Start Haircut Chair You

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