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James Weldon Johnson Quotes

My appearance was always good and my ability to play on the piano, especially ragtime, which was then at the height of its vogue, made me a welcome guest.

James Weldon Johnson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: poet
Nationality: american
Birth: June 17, 1871 - June 26, 1938

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Good Welcome Me Appearance Play

I recorded harp first or singing first. I recorded it all together. Part of the reason is that I don't know how to play the songs without also singing. I forget how they progress. I don't think that any of them are verse, chorus, verse, and so on. They are not simple.

Joanna Newsom

Together Simple Progress Singing

I have memories of my grandfather Kirkman making mashed potatoes that were so good because they tasted like a bowl of butter. I love my mom's brownies. My favorite thing about both of those recipes is that someone else made them for me.

Jen Kirkman

Love Good Memories Me Mom Someone

Put the hero back in the super hero movies, because I think 'super' might have taken over.

Max Landis

Hero Think Back Movies Over Because

We might knit that knot with our tongues that we shall never undo with our teeth.

John Lyly

Teeth Never Undo Knot Our Shall

I believe kids should choose what they want to do, because it's their life, but they have to choose something, and they can't quit in the middle unless there's a really good reason. There are going to be peaks and valleys. You don't want to let kids quit during a valley.

Angela Duckworth

Life Good Believe You Choose Want

When I was pregnant with my first child, I was 35 years old, and I was working in a pet shop.

Ann Dowd

Pet Child First Child Old First

I started working since I was four years old. All I remember is I wanted to become a star.

Sridevi

Remember Become Old Years Star Four

Nine Inch Nails was born out of Cleveland, Ohio, with me and a friend in a studio working on demos at night. Got a record deal with a small, little label, went on tour in a van, and a couple years later found that somehow we touched a nerve, and that first record resonated with a bunch of people.

Trent Reznor

Friend People Me Night Small Born

Writing is essentially an internal process.

Mary Steenburgen

Writing Process Internal Essentially

I'm an idol of cinema? Oh, wow.

Dennis Quaid

Cinema Wow Idol Oh

I prefer design by experts - by people who know what they are doing.

Donald Norman

People Design Doing Know Who Prefer

I have three brothers and a sister. One older and three younger. My oldest brother Danny plays Hyde on 'That '70s Show,' and my younger brother Jordan and my sister Allanah act as well, so we're a bit of an acting family.

Christopher Masterson

Family Brother Sister Acting Three