Samuel L. Jackson Quotes

I just always knew that I lived in two worlds. There was the world of my house and community, but to make my way in that white world I had to modify the way I spoke and acted. I had to sometimes not make direct eye contact.

Samuel L. Jackson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
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  • Birth: December 21, 1948

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CommunityWorldEyeHouseWhiteWay

A winning effort begins with preparation.

Joe Gibbs

EffortPreparationWinningBegins

An actor's life is like a series of - it's like the first day of school happening over and over again.

John C. Reilly

LifeDaySchoolActorFirstOver

Many Nobel Prizes are awaiting good research to understand and explain the many mysteries of our bodies, such as the basic mechanism of memory or imagination.

John Cameron

GoodImaginationMemoryResearchOur

I'm not intimidated by other actors at all - or directors. I don't care who they are. But I am intimidated by writers. I hold them in the highest esteem.

John Mahoney

I AmCareHoldWhoHighestThem

To reflect is to disturb one's thoughts.

Jean Rostand

ThoughtsReflectDisturb

Martin Luther King, Jr., would have been the last person to have wanted his iconization and his heroism. He was an enormously guilt-laden man. He was drenched in a sense of shame about his being featured as the preeminent leader of African-American culture and the civil rights movement.

Michael Eric Dyson

LeaderCultureManKingPerson

I think I'll continue to work as a solo artist.

Alvin Lee

WorkThinkArtistSoloContinue

It's nice to finally have a CD out which reflects my songwriting, my singing and the band that I have.

Mick Taylor

SingingNiceBandSongwritingOut

Allison Janney's character in 'The West Wing' was so rocking! I am a huge fan of Mary Louis Parker and her character in 'Weeds.' My manager says, 'you have to grow into yourself, Allison' because all the characters I want to play are, like, 39.

Allison Mack

CharacterYourselfI AmGrowYou

India is content with itself, and driven by the will to sit on the high table of prosperity. It will not be deflected in its mission by noxious practitioners of terror.

Pranab Mukherjee

MissionTableIndiaProsperityWill

The beauty we love is very silent. It smiles softly to itself, but never speaks.

Richard Le Gallienne

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I love the season changes.

Richard Manuel

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