James McBride Quotes

When you study history in American schools, very rarely is the name John Brown mentioned. We know who Kanye West is or Twyla Tharp or Shania Twain.

James McBride

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

HistoryNameAmericanYouKnowWest

Quite often I can be in a bookshop, standing beneath a great big picture of myself and paying for a book with a credit card clearly marked John Grisham, yet no one recognises me. I often say I'm a famous author in a country where no one reads.

John Grisham

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Growing up, it was about finding a way to entertain myself outdoors. We spent all the summers on the beach, camping with my family a bunch, and traveling as much as we could. My parents wouldn't let me watch too much TV growing up or play video games, or anything like that.

Stephen Colletti

FamilyMyselfBeachParentsMePlay

While writing, saying, and doing much, Mr. Trump is apologizing for his past sins. He's walking away from supporting abortion, hurling insults and more. Now, America needs to follow suit and apologize for the scourge of legal abortion that has left millions of empty cradles, wombs barren, women's health damaged, and families broken.

Alveda King

WomenHealthPastBrokenWriting

I look like Forrest Gump.

Trixie Mattel

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I like the new, cool, swinging Justin Timberlake.

Roger Stone

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I'm kind of a go-get-'em kind of guy.

Roddy Piper

KindGuy

Friendship may, and often does, grow into love, but love never subsides into friendship.

Lord Byron

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It was so easy for me to see that Anthony would be a superb Dr. Lecter because he had been such an amazing good doctor in 'The Elephant Man'. He had been as believable a doctor as you can imagine, and he was good.

Jonathan Demme

GoodManAmazingMeDoctorElephant

I got kicked out of high school, so I couldn't get into very many colleges.

David Talbot

SchoolHigh SchoolOutHighGotGet

The painter, sculptor, writer, and musician are protected by law. So are inventors. But the chef has absolutely no redress for plagiarism on his work; on the contrary, the more the latter is liked and appreciated, the more will people clamour for his recipes.

Auguste Escoffier

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I was brought up a Catholic, so I suppose I have to believe in the goodness of human beings. I think we're not so bad after all.

Pauline Collins

BelieveThinkBadGoodnessHumanUp

I love skiing.

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

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