Paul Robeson Quotes

My mother was born in your state, Mr. Walter, and my mother was a Quaker, and my ancestors in the time of Washington baked bread for George Washington's troops when they crossed the Delaware, and my own father was a slave.

Paul Robeson

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actor
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 9, 1898 - January 23, 1976

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I love doing theater so much - being in front of an audience and seeing how a character grows and develops with every performance.

Jerry Hall

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Basketball requires discipline. So does writing. Basketball requires practice. So does writing. Basketball requires resilience. So does writing.

Angie Thomas

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To me, the burden of proof isn't on people looking for ways to improve our schools; it's on people who want to keep things the same. Our current system isn't working, and too many kids are being left behind.

Michael Bennet

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The first duty of a state is to see that every child born therein shall be well housed, clothed, fed and educated till it attains years of discretion.

John Ruskin

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Let's hope brands recognize that the true power of this technology is not its reach but its ability to communicate substance that adds meaning to our lives. Otherwise, brands will be investing in technology that consumers simply won't buy.

Simon Mainwaring

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Ethnic stereotypes are boring and stressful and sometimes criminal. It's just not a good way to think. It's non-thinking. It's stupid and destructive.

Tommy Lee Jones

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Look at what has happened to Miami. It has become a Third World country. You just pick it up and take it and move it someplace. You would never know you're in the United States of America. You would certainly say you're in a Third World country.

Tom Tancredo

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No matter what the circumstances are, I've never seen Tom Brady come out and not give it all in practice. There's never any change in him. Whenever he's out on the field, he's giving it all, and he's just such a competitor.

Rob Gronkowski

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I once ate nothing but grapefruit for an entire month. I didn't lose a pound.

Ruth Reichl

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One time, I was literally stopped on the street, literally and physically whipped around by this guy who looked at my face and was like, 'Are you Felix?' I looked very different then. I was like, 'Yah... Oh, yah!' I was stunned and slightly frightened.

Jordan Gavaris

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In 1998, there was no social media. People were barely on the Internet. So I had no input from fans at all. Zero.

Diane English

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There's always an excitement around the Strip whenever something new being built. It was always the biggest and the best hotel or, you know, over-the-top things. And so, family would be coming in from out of town, and it was such a thrill to be showing them this, you know, erupting new volcano or whatever it was.

Brandon Flowers

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