Betty Carter Quotes

This is our culture, and I don't care who the musician is, if he avoids black people, then he is scared of something. He doesn't have confidence in himself or else he doesn't believe in what he's doing.

Betty Carter

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 16, 1930 - September 26, 1998

Topics

ConfidenceCulturePeopleBelieve

I've never liked the publishing world's determination to pigeonhole every writer into a genre.

Joe R. Lansdale

DeterminationWorldNeverPublishing

Nobody is going to tell me Marshawn Lynch can't run. He's strong as an ox.

Jim Brown

MeStrongNobodyRunTellGoing

Eventually you can get into the nuts and bolts of reality: nurturing, caring, and getting along.

Jody Watley

CaringRealityYouNutsAlongGet

The experience of testifying and the aftermath have changed my life.

Anita Hill

LifeExperienceMy LifeChanged

I do read a poem almost every morning. Unless I'm really, really late, I have to get my poem in.

Sue Monk Kidd

MorningLateGetPoemAlmostRead

It was by accident I got into wrestling. Somebody didn't show up, and I just filled in.

Roddy Piper

WrestlingUpGotShowJustAccident

So for Bullitt, I just put my black hat back on.

Robert Vaughn

HatBlackBackJustPutBlack Hat

What I'm trying to do is make photographs that are universally understood... that cross cultural lines. I want my photographs to be about the basic emotions and feelings that we all experience.

Mary Ellen Mark

ExperienceTryingFeelingsEmotions

I'm pretty relaxed on what people should be able to do as long as they're not hurting anybody else.

Mike Colter

PeopleLongPrettyRelaxedAble

I used to watch a programme about Route 66 in America, and it looked so fun.

Jorja Smith

FunAmericaWatchUsedRouteAbout

I was on a game show and now I'm the game show girl who got a movie. That's how I consider myself.

Colleen Haskell

GirlMyselfGameNowGotShow

Did you loathe and detest the Bush administration? If so, you'd probably say its ideas were horrible and their execution worse. Did you not loathe and detest the Bush administration? In that case, you might say its ideas were pretty good - only the execution often left something to be desired.

Bret Stephens

GoodIdeasYouSayExecutionPretty

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