Derrota La Quotes & Sayings

I think when black performers performed in blackface, they were kind of taking back slave songs, but it was still a little bit iffy because they were performing, a lot of times, for white audiences who found it hilarious. — Cecile McLorin Salvant

History's a bitch when you're in the middle of it. — Jay Asher

Nothing bores me more than books where you read two pages and you know exactly how it's going to come out. I want twists and turns that surprise me, characters that have a difficult time and that I don't know if they're going to live or die. — George R R Martin

The country is not priest-ridded, but press-ridden. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

In many respects most of the books I write deal with well-known people. I think of those books as more about me than about those people. — Adam Braver

It's occurred to me I need to laugh at myself more, and that I don't need to be some sad folk singer all the time. I don't want to be the queen of pain. — Patty Griffin

It is the mind that shapes the body — Joseph Pilates

I came to New York with $500 and I had to live on that, but thankfully I was taken up by photographers quickly. — Babette March

There is no terrorist threat. Yes, there have been horrific acts of terrorism and, yes, there will be acts of terrorism again. But that doesn't mean that there's some kind of massive terrorist threat. — Michael Moore