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QUOTES BY FAMOUS PEOPLE

QUOTES BY FAMOUS PEOPLE

Famous Quotes by Famous People

3 December 2020 James Baldwin

The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid the state of being alone.

3 December 2020 Joaquin Phoenix

I’ve always loved music, but I never really played anything. After ‘Walk the Line’ and learning to play guitar, and having that sense of performing, I think that certainly opened the door for me, for music.

3 December 2020 Arthur Helps

Wise sayings often fall on barren ground, but a kind word is never thrown away.

3 December 2020 Jemaine Clement

What do I think of L.A.? It’s boring, with some amazing nuggets. Like there are some parts of it that are great, but by and large I think it’s quite boring.

3 December 2020 Joshua Lederberg

Being successful at a very young age gave me the confidence and the capability to try out other things.

3 December 2020 Elihu Root

Men do not fail they give up trying.

3 December 2020 Brandy Norwood

I’m going to let people know that it’s cool to have a child and be young and still be a good mom. It’s really tough, but I’m doing it.

3 December 2020 Max Planck

It is not the possession of truth, but the success which attends the seeking after it, that enriches the seeker and brings happiness to him.

3 December 2020 Toni Morrison

There is nothing of any consequence in education, in the economy, in city planning, in social policy that does not concern black people.

3 December 2020 Carmelo Anthony

I told my mom I would graduate. I owe that much to her and myself.

3 December 2020 Lil Wayne

Everybody know, I don’t do no promoting. I don’t ever have to promote nothing, that’s the beauty of Lil Wayne.

3 December 2020 Adam Savage

That was cool and that sucked all at the same time.

3 December 2020 Orison Swett Marden

It is like the seed put in the soil – the more one sows, the greater the harvest.

3 December 2020 Bob Goodlatte

If you need food stamps, you should meet the criteria.

3 December 2020 Ai Weiwei

When you have strict censorship of the internet, young students cannot receive a full education. Their view of the world is imbalanced. There can be no true discussion of the issues.

3 December 2020 Jon Fishman

But I do think that we approach music, in of itself, with a religious attitude.

3 December 2020 Steven Cojocaru

I don’t hold that everybody has to love fashion. Some people like gardening.

3 December 2020 Ray Liotta

Not like Chinese food, where you eat it and then you feel hungry an hour later.

3 December 2020 Adriana Lima

My favorite designer is Christian Lacroix, not just because his clothes are amazing and I love them, but because he’s so nice. When I did his fashion show, he was the first one to arrive there and he helped everyone.

3 December 2020 Robert Casey

Our moral, religious, and political traditions are united in their respect for the dignity of human life.

3 December 2020 Douglas Wilson

Use plants to bring life.

3 December 2020 Roy Blount, Jr.

People may think of Southern humor in terms of missing teeth and outhouse accidents, but the best of it is a rich vein running through the best of Southern literature.

3 December 2020 Tori Spelling

I thought that once we were out of the baby stage, parenting would be a breeze.

3 December 2020 Jack Henry Abbott

The other inmates stand in a long straight line, flanked by guards, and I am dragged past them. I do not respect them, because they will not run – will not try to escape.

3 December 2020 Martin Fleischmann

It has been suggested at various times that I should start an operation in the United Kingdom but – bearing in mind my age and medical history – I think this would be not a very sensible way to go forward.

3 December 2020 Fran Drescher

If we don’t empower ourselves with knowledge, then we’re gonna be led down a garden path.

3 December 2020 Chris Rock

Black people dominate sports in the United States. 20% of the population and 90% of the final four.

3 December 2020 Andrea Dworkin

Marriage as an institution developed from rape as a practice. Rape, originally defined as abduction, became marriage by capture. Marriage meant the taking was to extend in time, to be not only use of but possession of, or ownership.

3 December 2020 Bill Kreutzmann

I saw a drummer play once when I was a kid and I thought, that’s really cool. You know, you’re moving. You’re using your arms and fingers. So I tried it and I loved it.

3 December 2020 Angelina Jolie

I love to put on lotion. Sometimes I’ll watch TV and go into a lotion trance for an hour. I try to find brands that don’t taste bad in case anyone wants to taste me.

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