Frantz Fanon Quotes

I ascribe a basic importance to the phenomenon of language. To speak means to be in a position to use a certain syntax, to grasp the morphology of this or that language, but it means above all to assume a culture, to support the weight of a civilization.

Frantz Fanon

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: psychologist
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: July 20, 1925 - December 6, 1961

Topics

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I did research when I was pregnant with my first daughter and was horrified by the chemicals in products, even those meant for babies. I would have to go to 50 different places just to get my house and my kid clean.

Jessica Alba

DaughterResearchHouseGoClean

I think the thing's that perhaps sad really is that younger people haven't come in and I think it must have been absolutely fantastic to have worked in the 50's when you had all of the great Broadway composers and when West Side Story didn't win the Tony Award.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

SadGreatPeopleWinStoryThink

We were in the same band, but we're two completely different people. People have asked me to make comparisons with our albums, and I can't, because there's no comparison. Her album's okay. I don't think she's the best singer on Earth, but she's okay.

Melanie Chisholm

BestPeopleMeThinkEarthOkay

The older we women grow, the more clearly we see what men really are: hypocrites, boasters, he-goats. The older men grow, the more they doll us up with every perfection.

Jean Giraudoux

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Young women from a very young age are taught that life will be easier if you can just turn on the charming smile and say very little and be complacent and docile and sweet.

Amber Heard

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I was a switchboard operator on the first season of 'Mad Men.' I was the oldest and bitterest.

Stephanie Courtney

MenMadFirstSeasonOperator

I am so focused on the fact that the conversation doesn't address any of the things I think are important. I think our political dialogue in America is distorted and completely off track.

Steve Wynn

I AmThinkPoliticalAmericaFocused

Pretend that every single person you meet has a sign around his or her neck that says, 'Make me feel important.' Not only will you succeed in sales, you will succeed in life.

Mary Kay Ash

LifeMeSucceedFeelYouPerson

I believe that science is the engine of prosperity, that if you look around at the wealth of civilization today, it's the wealth that comes from science.

Michio Kaku

TodayScienceBelieveYouLook

I'm not a politician or a political expert, but I believe that there are many ways to look at peace.

Liza Donnelly

PeaceBelievePoliticalLookExpert

Instead of turning away from our neighbors, our friends, our colleagues, let us instead learn from our history and avoid repeating the mistakes of our past.

Loretta Lynch

HistoryMistakesPastColleaguesUs

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

Joseph Campbell

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