Nell Carter Quotes

I think that anyone who denies their heritage doesn't deserve their destiny. My grandmother was a maid. She put nine children - eight of them - through college; I did not finish college.

Nell Carter

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: actress
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: September 13, 1948 - January 23, 2003

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I grew up with 'The Denver Post' and the 'Golden Transcript.' There was never a moment that I thought I'd work at the 'New York Times.' My goal, starting out, was just to see if I could be a journalist.

John Branch

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I love being physical.

Joel Embiid

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I don't really care very much if I don't think that the critics really understand music.

Andrew Lloyd Webber

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Well, I like way downtown near the Battery. I lived down there at this time and for, I guess, the following well, this is where I moved to uptown and I've been here for four years and this is 1965.

Robert Rauschenberg

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Mormonism is not historic Christianity. When people say, 'Well, Mormons and Christians all believe the same things,' my response is, 'If that's true, why are they always on my front doorstep trying to convert me?'

Robert Jeffress

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My stand-up is clean; it's not too edgy. I've played it safe since the beginning.

Anjelah Johnson

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I couldn't get roles as bad guys. They could see John Travolta as a gangster but not me, really. But, you know, that's just how things are.

Sinbad

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If we as writers could predict what readers grab on to, we would write it.

Lois Lowry

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'Silver Linings' has proved a golden opportunity for me.

Anupam Kher

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There are worlds of experience beyond the world of the aggressive man, beyond history, and beyond science. The moods and qualities of nature and the revelations of great art are equally difficult to define; we can grasp them only in the depths of our perceptive spirit.

Ansel Adams

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The publishing scene in India is evolving rapidly, and the key challenge is to keep reinventing oneself so that one does not become formulaic. Sometimes it is safer to deal with the consequences of failure than the fruits of success. Remaining on one's toes is critical, and often one finds that success makes one complacent.

Ashwin Sanghi

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I've always wanted kids.

Alicia Vikander

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