James McBride Quotes

The abolitionists were not like the rugged people out West, and they were not like John Brown, either. They were people who made speeches and did politics.

James McBride

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 11, 1957

Topics

PoliticsPeopleOutWestBrownMade

Beanie and Cecil was the first cartoon I remember watching and I think there are analogies.

Joel Hodgson

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I love my fans in Pakistan for being so kind and letting me be myself. Along this journey of exploring myself and a new world out here, I'm always going to make them proud, too. They're my constant support system.

Mawra Hocane

LoveJourneyMyselfSupportWorld

Since the governments are in the pockets of businesses, who's going to control this most powerful institution? Business is more powerful than politics, and it's more powerful than religion. So it's going to have to be the vigilante consumer.

Anita Roddick

BusinessPoliticsReligionControl

My all-time favorite rock and roll players were Scotty Moore, Chuck Berry and Franny Beecher, and I listened to the country playing of Merle Travis.

Alvin Lee

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Any actor will tell you, anybody in the public eye, that the tabloids are the worst kind of ramification of being a celebrity.

Tracey Gold

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I think of entrepreneurship as a way of creating value.

Martine Syms

ValueThinkCreatingWayI Think

I think my music is experimental, playful, challenging, focused, fun. I don't want it to be thought of as trying to appeal to a certain type of person or being very cerebral.

Julia Holter

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What I loved about romances was the character, and I think I still bring that to my novels. What romance taught me was that the 'who' will always matter more than the 'what.' It's fun to come up with plots, but I want to make sure the reader cares about who it's happening to.

Lisa Gardner

CharacterFunMeThinkLovedWant

I've been present at birth, and death is just as present and in equal balance. And I've been present at death, and birth is just as present, again in equal balance.

Joy Harjo

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You would go mad if you began to speculate about the impact your novel might have while you were still writing it.

Jonathan Coe

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Anything can go wrong, but you can't think about it all the time. You have to enjoy every moment.

JoJo Siwa

TimeMomentThinkEnjoyYouWrong

Now that the there is a path for the people of Puerto Rico to express their self-determination on Puerto Rico's political status, there are some who seek to block that path.

Dick Thornburgh

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