James Weldon Johnson Quotes

The battle was first waged over the right of the Negro to be classed as a human being with a soul; later, as to whether he had sufficient intellect to master even the rudiments of learning; and today it is being fought out over his social recognition.

James Weldon Johnson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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Many filmmakers have had that experience. They make a movie, then out of nowhere, they either pass censorship or fail.

Jiang Wen

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Damien Hirst is the Elvis of the English art world, its ayatollah, deliverer, and big-thinking entrepreneurial potty-mouthed prophet and front man. Hirst synthesizes punk, Pop Art, Jeff Koons, Marcel Duchamp, Francis Bacon, and Catholicism.

Jerry Saltz

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I love what I do and I think it shows. As my kids get older, they can see me as a mom who loves working.

Jessica Capshaw

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I've never felt nervous in front of big crowds and in big stadiums.

Andy Murray

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I had to relearn how to ride a horse like an ape. I had to change how I jumped off and how I gripped them with my thighs and distribute my weight differently.

Andy Serkis

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I consciously memorized the speed at which every pitcher in the league threw his fastball, curve, and slider. Then, I'd pick up the speed of the ball in the first 30 feet of its flight and knew how it would move once it has crossed the plate.

Stan Musial

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I just wanted to be an artist. I didn't care how or what; I just wanted to express my artistic integrity, and I wanted the world to have a vision of what I was seeing in my mind.

Rita Ora

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In a culture obsessed with happiness, Americans may not be allowing for acceptance that it's OK to sometimes not be perky.

Mary Pilon

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Every change of scene requires new expositions, descriptions, explanations.

Milan Kundera

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One of the things that's influenced me musically was my experience at Brown University. I was surrounded by musicians that I really admired, and felt challenged to come up with music, lyrics, and recordings that stood up to the expectations of those musicians and myself.

Lisa Loeb

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Know that the power comes from within: when you are tired, or you want to give up, dig deep. Dig deep for whatever reason - in boxing, in sport, in life.

Joseph Parker

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I was the only kid in Manhattan I knew whose parents had a car.

Diane Lane

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