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Yance Ford Quotes

Most black families went from the South to the city. My family went from the South to the city to the suburbs because they wanted their children to have the realization of the suburban lifestyle. What does it mean that that doesn't actually protect you?

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: director
Nationality: american

Topics

Family Children City Black You Mean

I don't mind being the brunt of a joke, so long as it's a good one.

Good Mind Long Joke Being Brunt

William Faulkner, Muriel Spark, Richard Yates, William Styron, James Salter, Alice Munro. They're very different writers, and I admire them for different reasons. The common thread, I guess, is that they remind me what's possible, why I wanted to write fiction in the first place.

Me Spark Place Why Admire Possible

My grandfather always told me, 'You know you're American first, but you're a Greek-American, which makes you a better American.' It sounds sort of old-world and very sweet, but what he meant was that you should embrace those things that are most special and different about you.

Melina Kanakaredes

Me Sweet Better American You Know

It's kind of hard to get deep with Rodgers and Hammerstein. I can't think of a moral in the music - it's just fun.

Music Fun Deep Think Moral Kind

I am against changing my body to become better. I am not against implants, I have a lot of girlfriends who have them, but the implants look good on them. I am never gonna get them, once I have kids they are gonna get bigger anyway.

Good I Am Better Body Look Become

The first sentence of every novel should be: Trust me, this will take time but there is order here, very faint, very human. Meander if you want to get to town.

Michael Ondaatje

Time Trust Me You Want Will

What's politically correct a lot of times is not funny.

Funny Politically Correct Correct Lot

All literature is an effort at the formal character of the epigram.

Delmore Schwartz

Character Effort Literature Formal

I don't mind sitting at home for six months if there's no film that I want to do.

Home Mind Want Sitting Film Six

The foundation of a financial fresh start actually has nothing to do with money or specific financial dos and don'ts. The first, and most difficult, step is to absolve yourself and your spouse or partner of any guilt.

Money Yourself Step Start Foundation

If you have notoriety, you can dress any way you want to dress. That's the way it is. I just like to get dressed up. I think that they go hand in hand - notoriety and people lookin at ya. If they look at ya, either you look like a million dollars, or you don't. A guy can have a phenomenal body, but if the suit doesn't fit him, forget it.

Dress People Think You Body Look

In-N-Out Burger has a well-known and long standing reputation as a corporation that is operated with a Christian message and philosophy.

Burger Reputation Christian Long

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