Ralph Ellison Quotes

The understanding of art depends finally upon one's willingness to extend one's humanity and one's knowledge of human life.

Ralph Ellison

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeKnowledgeArtUnderstanding

We've made so much progress in the last 100 years, and I think it's easy for us to think that women in the workplace, women in politics, isn't that big of a deal. And when you step back and look at it from the scope of human history, from thousands and thousands of years - it's a radical idea for a woman to be in charge.

Jennifer Palmieri

WomenHistoryPoliticsWomanStep

Something we often struggle with on pictures is the right way to shoot live-action elements that are for an environment that's very complicated from a lighting standpoint. An example is a starship flying through an environment that's constantly changing.

John Knoll

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There are many hard truths that we must face in life.

Matt Hardy

LifeFaceHardMustManyTruths

I wrote a lot when I was younger, though never anything like plays or scripts.

Merritt Wever

NeverAnythingLikeThoughYounger

The more things change, the more they are the same.

Alphonse Karr

ChangeMoreSameThings

No single choice about how to organize work and family life is right or possible - for every family. And every choice has tradeoffs.

Stephanie Coontz

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Nothing makes a man feel older than to hear a band coming up the street and not to have the impulse to rush downstairs and out on to the sidewalk.

Robert Benchley

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The one way to get me to work my hardest was to doubt me.

Michelle Obama

WorkMeDoubtWayGetHardest

I really enjoy theater. I just went to see 'Death of a Salesman,' and it knocked me on my ass.

Jason Reitman

DeathMeEnjoySeeSalesmanKnocked

'Sing It Again Rod' touches all the solo bases since Stewart's departure from the Jeff Beck Band, wherein he cut his teeth on American audiences for $75 a week plus expenses, and wisely ignores his generally inferior work with the Faces.

Jon Landau

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Only one golfer in a thousand grips the club lightly enough.

Johnny Miller

EnoughClubOnlyThousandLightly

Governments should end the extreme concentration of wealth in order to end poverty. This means tackling tax dodging but also increasing taxes on wealth and high incomes to ensure a more level playing field and generate the billions of dollars needed to invest in healthcare, education, and job creation.

Winnie Byanyima

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