Boucicaults The Octoroon Quotes & Sayings

We work. You don't come here to take life easy. And we all got rich from it, so, you know, there's a benefit from it. — Ivan Glasenberg

Very few things hurt my young ego more than an Asian female openly shaming me for my Asian-ness. If she could not accept me, who could? If even Asian women saw the men of their own blood as less than other men, what was the use in arguing otherwise? — Alex Tizon

To one who waits, all things reveal themselves so long as you have the courage not to deny in the darkness what you have seen in the light. — Coventry Patmore

if a man has no stability when you meet him, you may want to stay clear of him. Adam had a job, a place to live, and food that he could provide for his woman. — Denora Boone

Everybody who went to Vietnam carries his or her own version of the war. Only 10 percent engaged in combat; the American elephant, pursuing the Vietnamese grasshopper, was extraordinarily heavy with logistical support. — Pete Hamill

The darkest moments for me weren't necessarily winding up in the hospital or anything like that. It was those quiet moments alone when I just hated the person I had become. — Jodie Sweetin

Come down and eat chicken with me beautiful. It's soooo dark. — Stephen King

I have a feeling that demonstrations don't accomplish anything. That they become fads. I also feel that demonstrations wouldn't go on unless there is a TV camera. That part of it all is performance for the media. I didn't know whether they are completely honest. — Frank Capra

If you wish to achieve worthwhile things in your personal and career life, you must become a worthwhile person in your own self-development. — Brian Tracy

How you look at a situation is very important, for how you think about a problem may defeat you before you ever do anything about it. When you get discouraged or depressed, try changing your attitude from negative to positive and see how life can change for you. Remember, your attitude toward a situation can help you to change it
you create the very atmosphere for defeat or victory. — Franco Harris

You have to let it go. You can't control everything in life — Gemma Burgess

Never had he beheld such a magnificent brown skin, so entrancing a figure, such dainty, transparent fingers. He stood gazing in wonder at her work-basket as if it was something extraordinary. What was her name? Where did she live and what sort of life did she lead? What was her past? He wanted to know what furniture she had in her bedroom, the dresses she wore, the people she knew; even his physical desire for her gave way to a deeper yearning, a boundless, aching curiosity. — Gustave Flaubert

Not that anyone short of God Almighty could have gotten Marcus Senior to rest and take it easy. It was like trying to make a shark sit up and beg for treats. — Deborah Blake

I don't think you get to good writing unless you expose yourself and your feelings. Deep songs don't come from the surface; they come from the deep down. The poetry and the songs that you are suppose to write, I believe are in your heart. — Judy Collins