Ida B. Wells Quotes

The Afro-American is thus the backbone of the South.

Ida B. Wells

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: activist
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 16, 1862 - March 25, 1931

Topics

BackboneSouthThus

Travel is an exercise partly in broadening yourself and partly in defining your own limits.

Andrew Solomon

TravelYourselfLimitsExerciseOwn

I believe my publisher has shown a great deal of faith in me over a lot of years but I'm not prepared to be so arrogant to say that the long-term literary value of my work would compensate them for a financial failure.

Andrew Vachss

WorkFailureFaithGreatValueMe

I'm a member of the Writers Guild of America and the Writers Guild of Canada.

Robert J. Sawyer

AmericaCanadaMemberGuildWriters

There's a wonderful adage in acting that you're stuck with the character, but the character is also stuck with you.

Jeffrey Tambor

CharacterYouActingWonderfulStuck

I find in most circumstances, people leave bosses, not companies.

John Rampton

PeopleFindCircumstancesLeaveMost

Fanboys are a creator's blessing and curse. If a fanboy likes you, they love you. Obsessively. If you cross them with some plot point or story direction they reject, expect to be wholly and continually eviscerated across the Internet.

John Ridley

LoveBlessingStoryDirectionYou

Human requirements are the inspiration for art.

Stephen Gardiner

ArtHumanInspirationRequirements

History serves as a model not only of who and what we are to be, we learn what to champion and what to avoid.

Steve Berry

HistoryChampionLearnOnlyAvoid

I'm not after having the lead or being in a blockbuster Hollywood film. I'm after reading the material and loving it. That's all.

Sofia Boutella

ReadingLovingHollywoodLeadFilm

The future is made of the same stuff as the present.

Simone Weil

FuturePresentSameStuffMade

I guess I'm just not that comfortable talking about myself.

Luka Modric

MyselfTalkingComfortableJust

I'm not a fan of the wimple; you can't hear much when you've got it on.

Judy Parfitt

YouGotFanHearMuch

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