It is a struggle; for though the black man fights passively, he nevertheless fights; and his passive resistance is more effective at present than active resistance could possibly be. He bears the fury of the storm as does the willow tree. James Weldon Johnson Read Quote
My brother Steve, who was a few years older than me, had ‘Bad’ on tape, and I remember listening to ‘Smooth Criminal’ and just thinking it was the coolest thing ever. I must have been five or six at the time, and I remember walking around school by myself thinking I was Michael Jackson. I wasn’t dancing, exactly – more like walking musically. Kevin Parker Read Quote
I started writing rhymes first and then put it to the music. I figured out I could lock it to the beat better if I heard the music first. I like to get a lot of tracks, put the track up and let the music talk to me about what it’s about. Ice T Read Quote
This world is too hard for me to leave my kids, without me supervising and being there for them. Fat Joe Read Quote
I don’t always set stories in villages, more often in towns. But always in smallish communities because the characters’ actions are more visible there, and the dramatic tension is heightened. Joanna Trollope Read Quote
I have a lot of different traits to my personality, depending on who I’m around, and what the dynamic in the situation is. Mary Elizabeth Winstead Read Quote
After graduating, I was shooting as well as working as a key grip, and I often found myself the only female out of the whole crew, except for producers and the occasional AC. Reed Morano Read Quote
Any false religion ultimately is a deception of Satan, to try and keep people from the only way to Heaven, which is through faith in Jesus Christ. Robert Jeffress Read Quote
Nations, like individuals in a state of nature, are equal and independent, possessing certain rights and owing certain duties to each other. Millard Fillmore Read Quote
