Gregory Hines Quotes

I grew up in the '50s, a tough time for African Americans. I had friends whose fathers would openly say, 'Just bite your tongu;, don't cause any problems.' My father was not like that. Even in the toughest times racially, if somebody disrespected his family, they were in trouble.

Gregory Hines

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 14, 1946 - August 9, 2003

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Comedians are not usually actors, but imitations of actors.

Johann Georg Zimmermann

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Philosophy wasn't about facts, it was about ideas. My first essay title was something like: 'How can you know what other people are thinking?' I thought, 'Wow, what an amazing thing.' I really thought deeply for the first time.

Sophie Kinsella

TimePeopleAmazingIdeasThinking

When I'm on stage, that's a job. It's acting, it's faking, just making fun of yourself, telling bad jokes - I'm pretty good in this - dancing, just to entertain.

Stromae

GoodJobYourselfFunBadActing

My dad, my missus, my sons, I do it all for them.

Tony Bellew

SonsThemDad

But there is no obvious reason for holding that some normal adults are entitled to make choices for other normal adults, as paternalists of both left and right believe.

Tom G. Palmer

ChoicesBelieveRightReasonNormal

The topics just kind of come to me. If they are relevant, it's because they're happening in the world around me, and it's affecting me. Poetry is my way of dealing with it.

Rupi Kaur

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I will not let the interests of powerful corporations close our economy or jeopardize consumers.

Josh Hawley

PowerfulWillEconomyConsumersOur

At nose tackle, you don't have to run that much.

Bob McNair

YouRunNoseTackleMuch

Those 18 months in solitary confinement... bruised my soul. If I had had a weapon, I would have fought my way out.

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

SoulMy SoulWayOutWeaponWould

Most of my inspiration, if that's the word, came from books themselves.

Shelby Foote

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America is going to be destroyed by Obamacare, so whatever deal is put together must at least reschedule the implementation of Obamacare.

Scott Garrett

TogetherAmericaImplementationGoing

In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.

Thurgood Marshall

HumanityPayTributeOurOurselves

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