James McBride Quotes

A lot of mixed-race stories are these navel-gazing, horrible accounts of mulatto tragedy.

James McBride

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

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There are immense numbers of potential entrepreneurs who can start their own businesses among the people who are working in large organisations.

Max McKeown

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My mother is a survivor who's had a lot of things happen in her life that have been very trying.

Michael C. Hall

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When children do not have three square meals a day, a proper education, and at least one adult who they know loves and is committed to them, it's very unlikely they will grow up to be productive citizens of the world.

Stephanie March

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Painting is just a hobby. I really don't think of it much more than that. But writing music and writing words... my life would feel as if it had a big hole if I took those away.

Stephen Hough

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No one will ever be able to say what the comandantes would have done with their historic opportunity in Nicaragua if they had not been confronted with civil war.

Stephen Kinzer

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I've been watching 'Dexter' recently; I love that show. It's my favorite.

Steven R. McQueen

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One of the challenges for sub-Saharan Africa is that markets are of modest size. This makes regional integration important.

Robert Zoellick

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I can be really annoying, but I also feel like I'm a nice person.

Mike White

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Only fools are positive.

Moe Howard

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In London, what I do on the weekend is be a person and have my own life. In Paris, it is going from this hotel to the office and back again. But I love it.

Jonathan Anderson

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Because Dad was famous, I was so used to being identified as 'John Huston's daughter' that I couldn't think of myself as anyone else.

Allegra Huston

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To create a new standard, you have to be up for that challenge and really enjoy it.

Shigeru Miyamoto

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