Ishmael Reed Quotes

I'm sure that you could go back and make a graph showing that all the killings of black males increased in times of economic difficulty. As a matter of fact, a black man was lynched last year.

Ishmael Reed

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: poet
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: February 22, 1938

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There are photographs that I don't take now that I previously would have taken without any thought at all as to any misinterpretations.

Jock Sturges

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I couldn't go to school with whites. Now there are schools that educate everyone.

Joe Frazier

SchoolGoNowEveryoneEducate

Accepting money from the federal government to conduct research places academic inquiry in the service of national interests.

Jill Lepore

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The essence of a tragedy, or even of a serious play, is the spiritual awakening, or regeneration, of the hero.

Maxwell Anderson

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I was always focussed on the modelling and succeeding in that, but now I'm completely focused on making it over in India in the movies.

Amy Jackson

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Everybody has always put this on me, this label, that I'm not a very good defensive catcher. To me, I don't see it that way.

Steve Clevenger

GoodMeWayAlwaysSeeDefensive

I believe some people in this business suffer from fame because they behave in a famous fashion.

Stephen Rea

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Even when I'm sitting up in this glass castle, I still got my street soldiers telling me what's happening.

Tracy Morgan

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I own a small aerospace company that does some business with the U.S. government.

Robert Zubrin

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I think film should raise questions, not give answers. I think film should challenge people to reflect, debate and get by themselves to the answer that fits them.

Diego Luna

ChallengePeopleThinkQuestionsGet

You don't know your child until they get here; you don't know their personality.

Ciara

PersonalityChildYouKnowHereGet

My entire life had been this long, pressured conversation about the family I represented. 'When you walk out the door, you represent us. You have to dress well and make sure your hair is combed.'

Armie Hammer

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