Harry Belafonte Quotes

Poverty was my mother's midwife. She had her children in poverty. But she also found a road to bring us a sense of purpose, and she taught us how to be valiant in the face of oppression.

Harry Belafonte

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MotherChildrenPurposeRoadFace

All I ever aim to do is make beautiful evening wear.

Jenny Packham

BeautifulEveningAimWearMake

Bernstein was everywhere - Vienna, London - and everyone admired him. Of course he loved Boston, and he did so many great things at Tanglewood. He was the best example of what a conductor should be.

Andris Nelsons

GreatBestLovedGreat ThingsLondon

I've always been a risk taker. Growing up, I had a lot of freedom and room to roam and do what I wanted, and I think that's a huge part of my game.

Megan Rapinoe

FreedomGrowing UpGameThinkRisk

Superman when he goes after someone is essentially not trying to beat them, he is trying to save them from themselves... You're looking at a God who walks amongst men!

Max Landis

GodMenLookingSomeoneTryingYou

I'm always super scared of feeling like a fake.

Mia Goth

FakeFeelingAlwaysScaredLike

I'm born into a family of preachers. So I want Mr. Trump to remember that many people who voted for him took a long time praying for him. And if he can take some of that divine guidance, that's going to help him out.

Alveda King

FamilyTimePeopleHelpRemember

If you can tell a story well, you can move people to do something.

Soledad O'Brien

PeopleStoryYouTellSomething

Pre-state societies were far more violent than our own.

Steven Pinker

MoreOwnFarViolentThanOur

Sometimes I can think of so many ways of expressing myself that I feel I'm an old typewriter, and too many keys come forward at once - and I get jammed.

Boris Johnson

MyselfForwardThinkFeelI CanOld

I was hoping I could become a success to give my mother and my father a better way of living.

Bobby Womack

SuccessFatherMotherBetterLiving

Pretty much every night of their lives, my 8-year-old sons have absorbed themselves entirely in books. As toddlers, they pointed out pictures, made conjectures; lately, we find them in their bunk beds embarked upon two-hour comic-reading benders.

Anthony Doerr

NightFindPicturesOutPrettyMade

A snow day literally and figuratively falls from the sky, unbidden, and seems like a thing of wonder.

Susan Orlean

SnowDaySkyWonderSeemsLike

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