Beth Macy Quotes

I think of Harriet Muse as one fierce lady. She couldn't read. She had no education. She did labor her whole life. And she stood up to Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey at a time where she was told where to work, where to sit, and she demanded that they pay attention to her.

Beth Macy

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I don't write on demand - I wait for inspiration to come.

Jill Scott

WaitWriteInspirationComeDemand

In the 1970s when I started in the art world, no self-respecting artist would have stood in line to try to get on a television show. It never would have happened.

Jeffrey Deitch

ArtWorldArtistTelevisionNever

I'm never gonna stop music, it's like air to me.

Dr. Dre

MusicMeStopNeverAirLike

Crime is a very hard genre to feminise. If you have a female protagonist she is going to be looking after her mum when she gets older; she is going to be worried about her brother and sister; she will be making a living while bringing up kids.

Denise Mina

BrotherSisterLookingYouLiving

I was blessed enough to talk to my grandfather the night before he passed, and he told me that everything was going to be okay, and I know he wanted me continue and do my best, be happy, and that's what keeps me going.

Ally Brooke

BestHappyMeBe HappyBlessedKnow

I have never really had a goal to be a true blue movie star, unlike a lot of my colleagues.

Ali Fazal

BlueColleaguesGoalTrueNeverHad

For immigrant generations especially, family is the first structure, or shelter, for a people who are in exile.

Alice McDermott

FamilyPeopleImmigrantFirstWho

A good general always makes you search for his weaknesses.

Woody Hayes

GoodSearchYouAlwaysWeaknesses

Job training empowers people to realize their dreams and improve their lives.

Sylvia Mathews Burwell

DreamsJobTrainingPeopleRealize

We must learn how to live in the space of inner peace in our everyday lives. This takes consistent, conscious effort because I know so many black women are hurting and sad, and we don't easily express our heartache or show our wounds.

Susan L. Taylor

WomenLiveSadPeaceEffortSpace

It's so important to encourage the use of suncream, tan in a bottle and the disuse of sunbeds which are known world-wide as causes of skin cancer.

Peter Andre

SkinImportantCancerTanBottle

We condemn all shades and hues of terrorism and militancy and want to cooperate with India to fight this menace.

Shehbaz Sharif

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