Glynna Freeman Quotes & Sayings

There are lots of actors out there who are hugely, hugely talented and haven't got the breaks I've had. — Kit Harington

Your trouble comes from years of wearing the wrong kind of shoes. - Jake Wexler — Ellen Raskin

I only live in my music, and I have scarcely begun one thing when I start on another. As I am now working, I am often engaged on three or four things at the same time. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

You don't know what you like, you like what you know. In order to know what you like, you have to know everything. — Branford Marsalis

Firelit rooms lined with books - these are the places in which important things happen. — Anthony Doerr

A Word that Breathes Distinctly
Has not the Power to Die — Emily Dickinson

[Our understanding is] not intellectual, but instinctive. — Ann Richards

On Slavery: The saddest slap in the face is we have NO monument, no real statues or memorials, no special day of Atonement or Remembrance (NOT ONE), no thanks for 400+ years of free labor, forced servitude across the Trans-Atlantic, ass beatings, buying ourselves and families out of slavery, rape and plunder ... but everyone else has monuments, special museums, and even movies. This is what America thinks of black people, so-called black president and all, who has been largely silent on this subject ... we'll even celebrate Leprechauns, Easter Bunnies, and Secretary's Day before we acknowledge our history. — Brandi L. Bates

None is so wise, but the foole overtakes him. — George Herbert

Act as if you're a writer. Sit down and begin. Act as if you might just create something beautiful, and by beautiful I mean something authentic and universal. Don't wait for anybody to tell you it's okay. — Dani Shapiro

To solve the new century's mounting social and environmental problems, people of color activist and white activists need to be able to join forces. But all too often, the unconscious racism of white activists stands in the way of any effective, worthwhile collaboration. The Challenging White Supremacy Workshop is the most powerful tool that I have seen for removing the barriers to true partnerships between people of color and white folks. If the CWS trainings were mandatory for all white activists, the progressive movement in the United States would be unstoppable. — Van Jones

The tango is the man and woman in search of each other. It is the search for an embrace, a way to be together, when the man feels that he is a male and the woman feels that she is female, without machismo. She likes to be led; he likes to lead. Disagreements may occur later or they may not. When that moment comes, it is important to have positive and productive dialogue, fifty-fifty. The music arouses and torments, the dance is the coupling of two people defenseless against the world and powerless to change things. — Juan Carlos Copes