Famous Quotes & Sayings

Dinaw Mengestu

The fact that I have always been deeply invested in politics, and African politics in particular, inevitably played a role in my first novel and, of course, in my decision to write about a handful of particular conflicts in Africa as a journalist.

Durado Brooks

The fact is, African Americans have not benefited equally from the improvements that are making a difference.

Aasif Mandvi

I think I would like to see more roles for South Asian performers that are more inclusive and part of the American Diaspora, the American tapestry, perhaps the way that African American and Hispanic roles have developed.

Toyin Odutola

My identity is not based on performance; it's based on something that's pre-determined by someone else, and I don't even understand what that is because I'm an African who came to America.

Todrick Hall

Now I've devoted my life to making sure that I can be a trailblazer for any other African American kids or any other gay kids or any other kids that just feel weird or uncomfortable and have their own issues and don't know how to express themselves. I want to be like a beacon for those kids now.

Erik King

Don't say you want to be an actor and not know how to read a script. Don't give up 15 minutes before the miracle comes. Everyone's career ebbs and flows, especially if you're African American. That's the time to dig in and keep your instrument sharp.

Erik Hersman

The emergence of a hardware product from an African company marks a phase-change point for tech invention. The BRCK shows that great ideas can come from anywhere, that innovation comes from solving real problems with constrained resources.

Eric Holder

While he was in the service, in the South and in Oklahoma, he was refused service at a couple of places where he was in uniform, and was told that African Americans, blacks, Negros, were not served. And in spite of that, I've never known a man who loved this country more than my father did.

Kandyse McClure

The very first role I ever played was as a 17-year old South African girl who dreamed of being a star and left home to meet her mother in the big city so that she could pursue that dream. I left South Africa and met my mother in Vancouver and not long after that was given the opportunity to perform on the stage and have people chant my name.

Jason Giambi

We have to go play what seems like the World Champions in Tampa. We have to win every day, and we're going to play the team that's actually given us the most problems. We have to play good baseball.

Joaquin Bautista

We have to get at least two state champions and two others have to place in the top four. If that happens we'll be in a good place for winning (the team title).

Shawn Logue

Whenever we have a tournament champion we go for pizza at Nanuet Restaurant.

Alleggrie Guinn

We have played pretty good on the road, and Coach always tells us that champions have to win on the road.

Anthony Pettis

There are a lot of champions out there, a lot of great guys, but I think that the way I compete and my fighting style makes me perfect for Reebok.

David Sedaris

Paul Rudnick is a champion of truth (and love and great wicked humor) whom we ignore at our peril.

David Millar

I've been proud to be national champion.

Shaun Alexander

We did let a good opportunity to be world champions slip away.

Armando Gonzalez

We did great and I'm really proud of the way the guys wrestled. Five of our wrestlers made it to the finals, three took away titles and eight placed. We're three time defending champions but never have we won by this sizable a margin. It's difficult for us up there because we're not part of the North coast section.

Charles de Gaulle

France was built with swords. The fleur-de-lis, symbol of national unity, is only the image of a spear with three pikes.

Charles Caleb Colton

Nobility of birth does not always insure a corresponding unity of mind; if it did, it would always act as a stimulus to noble actions; but it sometimes acts as a clog rather than a spur.

Alan Watts

Every explicit duality is an implicit unity.

Alan Watts

Lack of awareness of the basic unity of organism and environment is a serious and dangerous hallucination.

Charlotte Perkins Gilman

A family unity which is only bound together with a table-cloth is of questionable value.

Charles Baudelaire

However incoherent a human existence may be, human unity is not bothered by it.

Baha'u'llah

The well-being of mankind, its peace and security, are unattainable unless and until its unity is firmly established.

Baha'u'llah

O ye that dwell on earth! The religion of God is for love and unity; make it not the cause of enmity or dissension.

Brenda Strong

As yogis, we are constantly exploring the world of duality, while being acutely aware of the unity of all things.