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Ralph Ellison Quotes

Life is to be lived, not controlled, and humanity is won by continuing to play in face of certain defeat.

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Life Face Humanity Defeat Play Won

I have never started a novel - I mean except the first, when I was starting a novel just to start a novel - I've never written one without rereading Victory. It opens up the possibilities of a novel. It makes it seem worth doing.

Victory Start Doing Possibilities

Sometimes I get frustrated in traffic. I typically start going deep with my cab driver and Twitter feed - simultaneously - to take my mind off the gridlock. I enjoy live-tweeting my cab rides.

Mind Start Deep Enjoy Sometimes Get

I am one of the few men honest enough to say they do not understand women.

Women Men I Am Enough Understand Am

I would rather be kept alive in the efficient if cold altruism of a large hospital than expire in a gush of warm sympathy in a small one.

Sympathy Small Cold Warm Alive Than

I've been forgotten by our Good Lord.

Good Lord Forgotten Been Our

I'm still getting thrilled with music even after 40 years of doing it professionally.

Music Doing Years Still Even After

Stupidity, outrage, vanity, cruelty, iniquity, bad faith, falsehood - we fail to see the whole array when it is facing in the same direction as we.

Faith Stupidity Direction Bad Vanity

We engineered activity out of our lives in the name of convenience. We created foods that put fried, fatty, sweet, and salty ahead of fresh, natural, and healthy. We quickly sacrifice sleep to work longer hours in pursuit of the American Dream. Even when we do these things with good intentions, they have life-threatening consequences.

Work Good American Dream Sleep Sweet

I think justice Scalia is really the gold standard of what a justice should be. Somebody, regardless of how he feels on an issue, is going to look at the text of the Constitution, look at the text of the law, and make his judgment.

Justice Law Gold Constitution Think

You know, I've had my ups and downs.

Ups And Downs You Know Downs Had

As always on this boulevard, the faces were young, coming annually in an endless migration from every country, every continent, to alight here once in the long journey of their lives.

Journey Long Country Young Always

Certain people are just saying, 'Look, I'm a businessperson and I have to run a business effectively and I want people who are going to do the job, who have the training and the education and the personality traits - the soft skills.'

William Julius Wilson

Education Business Personality Job

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