A. Bartlett Giamatti Quotes

Americans have been remarkably devoted to the capacity for belief, to idealism. That's why we get into trouble all the time. We're always viewed as naive.

A. Bartlett Giamatti

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: educator
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 4, 1938 - September 1, 1989

Topics

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I think that's what makes a great show: when the performers onstage aren't putting on a show, they're legitimately just having a freaking awesome time.

Andy Grammer

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I don't want to be put on a pedestal. I just want to be reasonably successful and live a normal life with all the conveniences to make it so.

Althea Gibson

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Seeing 'Revelations' made me want to be a professional dancer.

Robert Battle

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My family, my background... it just parallels really nicely with a lot of social and cultural movements.

Martine Syms

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The federal government now spends one of every four dollars in the entire economy. It borrows one of every three dollars it spends. No nation, no entity, large or small, public or private, can thrive, or survive intact, with debts as huge as ours.

Mitch Daniels

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I don't know much about politics, but you have to look at it with the bigger picture and think what's best for us now, what's best for us in 10 years' time, what's best for our kids' kids' future - and I don't know.

Mo Farah

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Notice the small things. The rewards are inversely proportional.

Liz Vassey

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In Australia, there just weren't strong roles for actors of colour. I was often being asked to turn up for commercials with a ghetto blaster on my shoulder. I thought, 'Are we in the '60s?'

DeObia Oparei

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The trailblazers are my role models in this industry: Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, James Earl Jones, and Billy Dee Williams. I keep their pictures in my trailer and try to measure to their standards every time I act.

Brian J. White

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One lady told me that before she saw 'Sounder' she didn't believe black people could love each other, have deep relationships in the same way as white people.

Cicely Tyson

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In spite of reports about playing with various teams, I'm enjoying retirement with my family and have no plans to play football.

Brett Favre

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You need to be real enough to be believable, but you don't necessarily have to be real enough to be real. There is a distinction.

Bradley Whitford

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