James McBride Quotes

I have cousins in North Carolina who talk in that old Southern style of 'yakking,' if you will. All the black men in my life when I was a boy talked that way, and I love that kind of talk.

James McBride

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeLoveStyleMenBlackMy Life

There is no such thing as the perfect meal; one can always do better.

Joel Robuchon

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Don't ever criticize yourself. Don't go around all day long thinking, 'I'm unattractive, I'm slow, I'm not as smart as my brother.' God wasn't having a bad day when he made you... If you don't love yourself in the right way, you can't love your neighbour. You can't be as good as you are supposed to be.

Joel Osteen

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There are so many times and places in history in our world that I just don't know anything about, and when I learn about them they're always fascinating.

Andrew Stanton

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It's easy to create a country, all you have to do is to think of a name for it.

Robert Stone

ThinkNameEasyYouCountryCreate

You could read Kant by yourself, if you wanted; but you must share a joke with some one else.

Robert Louis Stevenson

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My success just evolved from working hard at the business at hand each day.

Johnny Carson

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I have, by nature, an analytical mind.

Stephen Sondheim

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Children have their own mind.

Sridevi

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The whole point of being in the Army is wanting to get killed, wanting to test yourself to the limits. Now you have to fly 15,000ft above the war zone to avoid getting hit. I don't think there is any point in having wars if that's how you're going to behave. It's pathetic. All this whining!

Rupert Everett

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You can fool a lot of yourself but you can't fool the soul.

Mary Oliver

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The whole 1960s thing was a ten-year running party, which was lovely. It started at the end of the 1950s and sort of faded a bit when it became muddled with flower power. It was marvelous.

Mary Quant

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Every opportunity I've had to work and act with incredibly talented directors, like Dean Holland was on 'Love,' and the writers and creators of that show, Judd Apatow, Paul Rust and Leslie Arfin, have been incredible learning experiences that have informed my creative process.

Milana Vayntrub

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