James McBride Quotes

I put headlights in Ford vans. I still drive a Ford.

James McBride

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

DriveStillHeadlightsFordPut

I do remember when I first went into politics, one of my competitors asked me, 'Well, Jenny Shipley, who's looking after your children?' I don't think many of my male colleagues have faced a similar question.

Jenny Shipley

ChildrenPoliticsMeColleaguesWell

I have all my life fought against prejudice, having been subjected to it myself.

John Galliano

LifeMyselfMy LifePrejudiceBeen

Some people think African states cannot be trusted with the cookie jar. But there are absolutely good NGOs who have this feeling of human solidarity and who also recognize that their work can only be supplementary to the government.

Meles Zenawi

WorkGoodGovernmentPeopleThink

If you want to get to know somebody you don't ask other people: 'How is she?' You talk to the person herself. And then you don't ask about facts like 'date of birth' or 'profession of parents.' but you talk about essential questions and themes in life.

Angelina Maccarone

LifeParentsPeopleFactsQuestions

From early childhood, I was interested in understanding how the world worked, and assumed I would be some kind of physical scientist or chemist. But the truth was, I didn't know there was another kind of world, the inner world, that was just as interesting, if not more relevant, than what was going on in the outside world.

Stephen LaBerge

TruthChildhoodWorldInteresting

Thus, what is of supreme importance in war is to attack the enemy's strategy.

Sun Tzu

WarStrategyEnemyAttackSupreme

No doubt, clinical practice in alleviating malaria symptoms utilizing Qinghao - inherited from traditional Chinese medical literature - provided some useful information leading to the discovery of artemisinin.

Tu Youyou

MedicalPracticeDoubtInformation

Death is something that I am still trying to figure out a healthy relationship with.

Tomi Adeyemi

RelationshipDeathI AmTryingOut

Buy your fair-trade coffee beans by all means, but don't assume fair-trade principles govern the conditions of the men who fetch it to you. You would be mistaken.

Rose George

CoffeeMenYouPrinciplesBuyBeans

As a kid I would be put to bed when my parents had guests and because I was such a show-off I would go to my mum's room, put on her nightdress and Jackie Onassis shawl, run downstairs, go outside, ring the doorbell and pretend to be one of the guests. I'd say, 'Hello, I'm Mrs. So-and-So.'

Rupert Everett

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Heads of France lead from a palace, and traditionally they retire to a cloud.

Rosecrans Baldwin

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I like reading reviews. If they're clearly hating on you, I try not to read that deeply. But if they really are trying to understand, it's interesting.

Jon Favreau

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