Ralph Ellison Quotes

There must be possible a fiction which, leaving sociology and case histories to the scientists, can arrive at the truth about the human condition, here and now, with all the bright magic of the fairy tale.

Ralph Ellison

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: March 1, 1914 - April 16, 1994

Topics

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I'm a journalist and that's what I do.

Jim Lehrer

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The terrorist action of 9/11 gave birth to President Obama's entry to the White House. Not directly, but indirectly.

Maya Angelou

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I'm going to watch basketball regardless of whether I coach or watch it on TV.

Metta World Peace

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I believe, and I may be wrong, the system sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. Prison is supposed to rehabilitate, but they don't do that in a lot of cases.

Amaury Nolasco

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A demon, in a way, is a test of your faith. Because if you're doing God's work, there's no reason for any demon to do anything to you.

Troy Polamalu

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I really just like to be at a desk.

Tom Stoppard

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I'm running for Congress to reverse Obama's big government policies, to be faithful to the principles on which our nation was founded, and to make members of Congress play by the same rules as the rest of us.

Ron DeSantis

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I didn't start going to concerts until I moved to California.

Miles Heizer

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I don't like being treated differently.

Josh Hutcherson

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Record covers still inspire me in terms of clothes, some bands just look sharp. But I still wear stuff I owned when I was 16.

Alison Mosshart

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You can't move mountains by whispering at them.

Pink

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It's my job to motivate the audience to believe. I have to get them to suspend their judgment in favor of involvement.

Sydney Pollack

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