Walter Mosley Quotes

All of the philosophers I studied were white (with a few Eastern exceptions), and, for that matter, they were all male. Africa, the cradle of civilization, seemed to have no footing in the highest form of human thought.

Walter Mosley

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ThoughtWhiteCivilizationAfrica

I take my role seriously as a pastor.

Jesse Jackson

SeriouslyTakePastorRole

If you spend your time away from work looking at emails and making sure your inbox went down to zero, that's not an effective way to spend your time as a CEO or an entrepreneur. Often times, those emails aren't that important.

Jennifer Hyman

WorkTimeLookingYouDownWay

The Obama administration would say that if you are a Catholic institution, you can only limit your conscience waivers or exclusions to people of the Catholic Church. That would mean that Catholic institutions couldn't treat people of other religions, and that makes no sense.

John Fleming

PeopleTreatChurchYouSayLimit

When my father started talking about strip mining in the Appalachia back in the '60s, I remember a conversation I had with him where he said, you know, this is the richest state in the country if you look at the resources and the land, but the poorest people after the state of Mississippi: the 49th poorest people in the country.

Robert Kennedy, Jr.

FatherPeopleTalkingRememberLook

Writing novels is where I'm most comfortable. It's a very intimate experience.

Matthew Nable

ExperienceWritingComfortableWhere

Ever since I was a kid, I've always thought it very important to be happy inside. There's a lot of bad things happening in the world, but it's important to try to stay happy and appreciate what you've got, and don't look externally for the happiness.

Ana Ivanovic

HappinessHappyBe HappyWorldLook

It devastates me now that I have been reduced to a Hollywood statistic - another joke marriage.

Sophia Bush

MarriageMeNowHollywoodJokeBeen

Songwriting is a very mysterious process. It feels like creating something from nothing. It's something I don't feel like I really control.

Tracy Chapman

ControlProcessFeelCreatingLike

I love to read about healthy eating and preach to my husband, who doesn't listen. Now I'm trying to teach it to my daughters.

Martina McBride

LoveEatingHusbandTryingHealthy

I just love learning about the way people used to live their lives, and I think what also ties into that is psychology, because I like knowing why people do certain things.

Molly Quinn

LoveLearningLivePeopleThinkWhy

And I don't want to live anywhere where I am famous. It makes me very, very uncomfortable, because it conveys an advantage over people, and I don't like that.

Donna Leon

LiveI AmPeopleMeUncomfortable

I write best late at night, when everyone in the house has gone to bed. There's something magical about that late night silence that appeals to me.

Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

BestSilenceMeNightHouseLate

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