Ilyasah Shabazz Quotes

Betty Shabazz was the wife of a man who challenged a government that was historically unjust. She was harassed and placed under surveillance by the Nation of Islam (NOI), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).

Ilyasah Shabazz

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Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 22, 1962

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My family are all storytellers, and I think I inherited a lot more of that gene than other people in my family. I guess I was fun to have around.

John C. Reilly

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A cockroach likely has no less brainpower than a butterfly, but we're quicker to deny it consciousness because it's a species we dislike.

Jeffrey Kluger

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People are amazed to see that I wrote all the words and music myself to 'Stan Freberg Presents The United States Of America.'

Stan Freberg

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The trouble with a series as it gets older is it can feel like a tradition, and tradition is the enemy of suspense, and it's the enemy of comedy. It's the enemy of everything, really. So you have to shake it up.

Steven Moffat

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Action films are great, but an action film that has characters that are compelling and a story that people can care about is something even better. We love to see action heroes that are vulnerable, that are sensitive, that are family people, that are accessible.

Steven Seagal

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Seeing our kids as grown up and taking their places in the world is just fantastic.

Trudie Styler

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I get antsy if a year goes by without doing a play. I don't go to the gym, so this is my way of trying to live longer.

Rory Kinnear

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If everything could be like 'Forrest Gump,' I'd be happy.

Ross Butler

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Doing well in school was a cool thing to do when I was in high school, so I had a blast.

Monica Raymund

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I've never wanted to be a person where somebody would be like, 'I like her; she's okay.' Love or hate is fine, because it sells tickets.

Lisa Lampanelli

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I write novels with a lawyer as the hero, no matter how oxymoronic that might sound.

William Lashner

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As far as the men who are running for president are concerned, they aren't even people I would date.

Nora Ephron

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