Janie Nanny Quotes & Sayings

Don't apologize, justify or rationalize bad art or bad writing. If you do, you are part of it. — Walter Darby Bannard

I started writing when I was twenty. My first book came out when I was thirty-five. But I never expected that it would happen quickly. — David Sedaris

We are other than what we would have been if we had crossed the oceans, if or mothers and fathers had not crossed the skies in search of work and dignity and a better life for their children. We have been made again: but I say that we shall also be the ones to remake this society, to shape it from the bottom to the top. — Salman Rushdie

Dis love! Dat's just whut's got us uh pullin' and haulin' and sweatin' and doin' from can't see in de mornin' till can't see at night. Nanny to Janie — Zora Neale Hurston

Blaming things on the past does not make them better. — Nelson Mandela

It's always about, somehow, finding a part of myself that is relevant, and then turning the volume up on that particular part. So, I am all of the characters I've ever played, and I am none of them at the same time. — Tom Hiddleston

Nanny's words made Janie's kiss across the gatepost seem like a manure pile after a rain — Zora Neale Hurston

While the coach is entitled to celebrate the team's victories, there is a manner and a way of doing so without aggravating the opponent. — Diego Maradona

We'll all be better off the day we stop letting unhappy, unsuccessful people tell us how to be happy and successful. You already know the way ... follow it. — Steve Maraboli