Billy Eckstine Quotes

As a matter of fact they'd blacken us down. I guess there's a reason that according to what the Caucasian wanted us to look like. He wanted us to look-if we were Black, then he had his idea of what we look like.

Billy Eckstine

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 8, 1914 - March 8, 1993

Topics

BlackLookDownMatterReasonUs

I have a hard time understanding how cutting the program in our country that provides healthcare to working families by $800 billion can be classified as mercy.

Joe Kennedy III

TimeUnderstandingHealthcareMercy

I love anything vintage. And I love Marc Jacobs and shoes by Giuseppe Zanotti.

Meagan Good

LoveShoesVintageAnythingI Love

I definitely read a lot of books on the psychology and mythology behind fairy tales because I think that's really fascinating and there's a lot to draw on there.

Meghan Ory

ThinkFairyPsychologyMythology

If you've ever had a brush with cancer, you're always thinking a pain might be something serious.

Ann Jillian

PainThinkingYouSeriousAlways

Any time I try to play anything that doesn't come natural, I'm just plain bad.

Andy Griffith

TimeBadPlayTryAnythingNatural

British actors behave like Europeans; they are also extremely well trained.

Jean-Jacques Annaud

BehaveBritishWellLikeEuropeans

Watching tape is key. I basically watch every game. It's the only way to break down your opponents.

Tony Parker

GameKeyDownWayWatchingBreak

I think you have a crossover when you are known to a wider audience and a different market. I've been able to sell out stadiums all over the world by doing my music. I'm lucky to be in that list without having done an official crossover. Now, will you hear me doing a little bit of R&B? Sure.

Romeo Santos

MusicMeWorldThinkDoingYou

It's always hard for an artist from the U.K. to break into the United States. It's especially harder for a rapper because hip-hop is such an American art form.

Mike Posner

ArtAmericanArtistHip-HopHard

If your attention is on superfluous aspects that are not part of the story, then you can't be concentrating on the human realities of the piece.

Miguel Ferrer

StoryAttentionYouHumanYourPart

I, for one, love kids in my romance novels. When done right, kids add so much conflict. Not just of the 'interruption on the way to the bedroom' variety. But conflict about commitment and insecurity.

Molly O'Keefe

LoveCommitmentConflictInsecurity

When you win something, once, twice, three times, and you have that feeling, that pushes you forward again. You want to win more and more and more.

Luka Modric

WinForwardYouFeelingThreeWant

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