Malcolm X Quotes

Sitting at the table doesn't make you a diner. You must be eating some of what's on that plate. Being here in America doesn't make you an American. Being born here in America doesn't make you an American.

Malcolm X

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: May 19, 1925 - February 21, 1965

Topics

EatingAmericanAmericaYouTable

In the case of Papa Pope, certainly he's making his daughter's world and the world of the republic a much better place.

Joe Morton

DaughterWorldBetterPlaceRepublic

Don't believe everything that you read in the newspapers.

Andrew Card

BelieveYouEverythingRead

You never hear of a live-action studio that has been making so-so films looking over at a studio that's making great movies and going, 'Oh, we see the difference - we're using a different camera.'

John Lasseter

GreatLookingCameraYouMoviesSee

You set out to tell a good story. You don't do it because there is a deep message involved, because the movie is almost always bad when you do that. Your job No. 1 is for it to be entertaining, and if it's inspiring, that is great, too.

John Lee Hancock

GoodGreatJobStoryDeepYou

You can see areas where maybe you got a bit lazy, perhaps, or you see when you were really on form. I think an actor is very like a sportsman in that respect. You have periods where you're in terrific form. Everything you touch seems to work and come right. And other times, when you're working really hard, it's okay, but it isn't scintillating.

John Hurt

WorkRespectThinkYouLazyActor

Never answer the question that is asked of you. Answer the question that you wish had been asked of you.

Robert McNamara

WishYouNeverQuestionAnswerBeen

I was discovered in Paris when I was there on a school trip at the age of 13. After that, my mom came in contact with Elite Amsterdam; then I started modeling.

Maud Welzen

AgeSchoolMomModelingParisElite

I'm not an instinctive actor.

John Thaw

ActorInstinctive

My favourite thing to wear is a saree.

Amy Jackson

WearFavouriteThing

Friendship is a pretty full-time occupation if you really are friendly with somebody. You can't have too many friends because then you're just not really friends.

Truman Capote

FriendshipFriendsYouPrettyJust

I've always been fascinated with what motivates people's transgressions and the scandalous journey into infamy.

Travis Fimmel

JourneyPeopleAlwaysBeenInfamy

The ongoing strife in Iraq, and the billions of dollars that the President is seeking to continue that war, give me little comfort that this Administration has learned from its mistakes in Iraq.

Robert Byrd

MistakesWarMeComfortPresident

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