Muhammad Ali Quotes

Cassius Clay is a name that white people gave to my slave master. Now that I am free, that I don't belong anymore to anyone, that I'm not a slave anymore, I gave back their white name, and I chose a beautiful African one.

Muhammad Ali

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: athlete
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: January 17, 1942 - June 3, 2016

Topics

BeautifulI AmPeopleFreeNameNow

Our culture is bloodthirsty for stories about women in pain; we hunger for women to expose their traumas and to be rescued by the love of a good man.

Jenny Zhang

LoveGoodWomenCultureManPain

A lot changed the moment I had kids; I had no idea of the perspective it would give me. It made making the right decisions a lot easier.

Michael Buble

MomentPerspectiveMeDecisionsGive

By wrecking something, it's always reinventing. All modern movements in art and music wrecked what came before, in a way - and surprised the cooler generation that was one step ahead. That's how you get ahead.

John Waters

MusicArtStepGenerationYouWay

Concepts are vindicated by the constant accrual of data and independent verification of data. No prize, not even a Nobel Prize, can make something true that is not true.

Stanley B. Prusiner

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I knew I had to show everybody that I could excel at something. But I didn't know what.

Steve Prefontaine

KnowExcelSomethingShowKnewHad

I always wanted everyone to love me, probably because I didn't love myself enough. But now I realize that when you're an artist, you're making the music that's in your head and in your heart, and not for any other reason.

Mike Posner

LoveMusicHeartMyselfMeLove Me

I have never had a plan. Things happen to me, and, of course, I make friends who later say, 'Hey, you know who would be good for this? McKean would be good for this.' And they hire me, and if they like me, they hire me again, or the word gets out.

Michael McKean

GoodMeFriendsPlanYouKnow

I was studying for the SAT's and learning lines.

Joseph Gordon-Levitt

LearningStudyingLinesSat

You can call me whatever you want to call me, but I am an American. No one can take that away from me. No, no one can.

Jose Antonio Vargas

I AmMeAmericanYouWantWhatever

I grew up loving horses. I was relatively obsessed, starting with my rocking horse at age 2, all the way through my painting and drawing phase.

Diane Lane

AgePaintingHorseDrawingLoving

I never want kids to walk away after a school presentation and say, 'I met a writer today.' I want them to say, 'I am a writer.'

Doreen Cronin

TodayWalkSchoolI AmSayWant

When I started acting, I made a conscious decision that I wanted to be a character read and not a leading man. I didn't want to do the same thing again and again. I wanted to push and challenge myself. I find and embrace new and unique challenges in all mediums.

Brian J. White

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