Carrie Mae Weems Quotes

I come from a family of Mississippi sharecroppers just a few generations away from slavery, and I experienced a lot of racism growing up - you can't avoid that if you're a person of color in this country.

Carrie Mae Weems

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FamilyRacismGrowing UpSlaveryYou

As ecstatic as I was at the birth of my daughter, I felt selfish bringing her, and later my son, into our screwed-up world.

Jill Greenberg

SonDaughterWorldSelfishBirth

Broadway has always been a dream of mine.

Jessica Chastain

DreamAlwaysBroadwayMineBeen

If I was like some of the characters I played, I'd probably be dead by now.

Jennifer Tilly

NowDeadLikeSomeCharacters

Being gay and being a woman has one big thing in common, which is that we both become invisible after the age of 42. Who wants a gay 50-year-old? No one, let me tell you.

Rupert Everett

AgeWomanMeYouGayBecome

I basically had the idea when I was 18 that I wanted to write my own songs. I knew it was going to be a long, tough road, and I was like, if I just begin now, by the time I'm 40, I'll be good at it.

Jason Mraz

GoodTimeRoadToughLongMy Own

I'm a huge, huge believer in love. Huge!

Chris O'Dowd

LoveBelieverHuge

It's just always been a hobby of ours to make music that makes us happy and excites us when we make it.

Chuck Inglish

MusicHappyHobbyAlwaysUsBeen

Any good broadcast, not just an Olympic broadcast, should have texture to it. It should have information, should have some history, should have something that's offbeat, quirky, humorous, and where called for it, should have journalism, and judiciously it should also have commentary. That's my ideal.

Bob Costas

GoodHistoryJournalismInformation

I think I was always subconsciously driven by an attempt to restate that faith and to show where it was properly grounded, how it grew out of what a great many young men on both sides felt and believed and were brave enough to do.

Bruce Catton

FaithGreatMenBraveThinkEnough

It's a bonus if your girlfriend likes your music - definitely not a downfall.

Ashton Irwin

MusicGirlfriendDownfallYourLikes

But, I've made films in Japan, in Yugoslavia, all over Europe, all over the United States, Mexico, but not Hollywood.

Sydney Pollack

HollywoodOverMexicoEuropeUnited

Like a film, dance steps or sequences are creative works. If a script can have a copyright, and so can songs, why can't dance sequences as well?

Remo D'Souza

DanceCreativeWhyStepsFilmWell

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