Ntozake Shange Quotes

There was quite a ruckus about the seven ladies in their simple colored dresses. I was truly dumbfounded that I was, right then and there, deemed the biggest threat to black men since cotton pickin', and not all women were in my corner, either.

Ntozake Shange

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Any show that has a completely gay ensemble has the very difficult task of trying to represent the community.

Andrew Keenan-Bolger

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It will always be the same possibilities, in sum or on the average, that go on repeating themselves until a man comes along who does not value the actuality above idea. It is he who first gives the new possibilities their meaning, their direction, and he awakens them.

Robert Musil

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I guess there are some women who like older men, but it's a smaller group.

Michael Douglas

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I'm a proud strict mom and, you know, I'm really proud of the two daughters I've raised. And I'm especially proud of my relationship with them. We're very close. I think we're good friends.

Amy Chua

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Kristen Bell is rare as an actress, because she's the type of actor who jumps out of a plane without a parachute - from a totally fearless place, which is really refreshing and inspiring.

Steve Antin

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We should all live in central or southwest Queensland in Australia, which is geologically stable. Or Kansas or Nebraska, because it's relatively geologically stable. I am sure there is no emergency plan for Topeka.

Simon Winchester

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We like epic stories, we like adventure, we like epic fights, so if you can mix a great story that can also really teach someone about a different experience, you have the potential to really help people.

Tomi Adeyemi

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I could care less if someone is purple polka-dotted.

Michael T. Flynn

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Coaching 'The Ultimate Fighter' in my weight class, I couldn't do it. I'd basically be coaching people to beat me. I'm going to give you my riddle?

Demetrious Johnson

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There is no psychiatric pattern which can predict who becomes an extremist - but they are all frustrated with their reality.

Deeyah Khan

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I like to make things. It's been part of my identity since I was a kid.

Bre Pettis

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My legs tightened up pretty much, and it was a hard last corner for me.

Bonnie Blair

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