Charles W. Chesnutt Quotes

As man sows, so shall he reap. In works of fiction, such men are sometimes converted. More often, in real life, they do not change their natures until they are converted into dust.

Charles W. Chesnutt

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: novelist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 20, 1858 - November 15, 1932

Topics

LifeChangeMenManSometimesMore

I was a teen star. That's disgusting enough.

John Cusack

TeenEnoughStarDisgusting

In Las Vegas, you confront yourself with your darkest desires, because they're all possible there.

Robert Lepage

YourselfVegasYouPossibleDarkest

When I was younger, I was testing myself and questioning everything, but now it's less about that and more about these are the years of my life with my family.

Angelina Jolie

LifeFamilyMyselfMy LifeNowMore

Of course, you wouldn't want to re-create the era of aristocracy; it was a totally unfair era. The finer aspects of it were admirable, and so there's nostalgia for that: the behavior, the values, the cultural sensitivities.

Amor Towles

BehaviorYouValuesNostalgiaWant

I am prone to reshape and refashion things to try and please as many people as I can, to get as many nods or smiles out of as many people as possible.

Steven Curtis Chapman

I AmPeopleI CanPossibleTryOut

I would not swap the World Cup title for any accolade. But I could imagine that quite a few would swap every accolade for a World Cup title.

Toni Kroos

WorldImagineCupWouldWorld Cup

I didn't know how well my first album had done; it was enough to get me to do the second album, which was a continuation of the music I'd worked on and perfected.

Roberta Flack

MusicMeEnoughKnowDoneFirst

Ice skating is very difficult. It takes a lot of discipline and a lot of hard work. It's fun, but you are there on the ice every morning freezing and trying to do these moves and these tricks.

Michelle Trachtenberg

WorkHard WorkMorningDiscipline

I was a great student. I was good at everything.

Donald Trump

GoodGreatStudentEverything

An offer to fight Muhammad Ali came after Stevenson won his second Olympic gold in Montreal in 1976. Stevenson was at his peak. The world had never seen a heavyweight with the tools Stevenson brought into the ring.

Brin-Jonathan Butler

FightGoldWorldToolsRingNever

I subscribe to the theory that reading a book is similar to walking a trail, and I'm most comfortable walking when I can see where I'm going and where I've been. When I'm reading a printed book, the weight of the pages I've turned gives me a sense of how far I've come.

Anthony Doerr

MeBookReadingWalkingTrailI Can

Politicians are not lovers.

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

PoliticiansLovers

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