Ralph Ellison Quotes

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.

Ralph Ellison

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

TimePastShadowWritingBackAct

I've always been intemperate in my affection for food.

Jim Harrison

FoodAffectionAlwaysBeen

Because what's going on now, and this applies mostly to television stations in the largest markets too, but TV stations basically are now the primary receivers of campaign spending.

Robert McChesney

TelevisionNowGoingBecauseMarkets

I'm always telling people baseball needs to be more prominent in the African American community. What a better way to do so, going on these TV shows and appearing on the cover of this or that. Now kids can see how baseball can change your life. Frank Thomas did that for me.

Matt Kemp

LifeChangeCommunityBaseballMe

We must return conservatives to the majority in the U.S. Senate.

Jeb Bush

ReturnMustMajoritySenate

For most Americans, Friday afternoons are filled with positive anticipation of the weekend. In Washington, it's where government officials dump stories they want to bury. Good news gets dropped on Monday so bureaucrats can talk about it all week.

John Sununu

PositiveGoodGovernmentMondayWeek

I fought all my life to be at Real Madrid, to try to be in the starting XI.

Alvaro Morata

LifeMy LifeTryRealStarting

Emotion is always the enemy of wise statesmanship.

Stephen Kinzer

WiseEnemyEmotionAlways

To call the police is a really big deal because you don't snitch - that's the culture you grow up in.

Sonja Sohn

CulturePoliceGrowYouGrow UpBig

It's not who's the best - it's who can take the most pain.

Steve Prefontaine

BestPainTakeWhoMost

My parents were serious working musicians, but they were not stars - not like pop stars that you have now. They had to make a living and that meant touring, working hard, going on the road - and we were roped in.

Rufus Wainwright

StarsParentsRoadMusiciansYou

The economy grows when families can spend money on personal priorities rather than priorities imposed by the federal government.

Mike Crapo

MoneyGovernmentPrioritiesPersonal

I would suggest always getting behind a company that shares your goals, whom you have access to the people who run it and who truly care about the world. This way we steer the ship together and many fears can be let go of.

Liz Parrish

GoalsTogetherPeopleWorldShipGo

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