Neiperhome Quotes & Sayings

My early attempts writing plays, which are very poetic, did not use the language that I work in now. I didn't recognize the poetry in everyday language of black America. I thought I had to change it to create art. — August Wilson

Most people die with their music still locked up inside them. — Benjamin Disraeli

People would tell me sometimes that I should model, but I was like, 'I don't know!' — Bregje Heinen

After a lifetime of darkness, I want to leave something behind that is made of light. — Marie Lu

She exuded a raw, animal magnetism that left boys like me tongue-tied, and made men ignore their wives and crowd up close. — Michael Schmicker

Kids not only need to read a lot but they need lots of books they can read right at their fingertips.They also need access to books that entice them, attract them to reading. Schools ... can make it easy and unrisky for children to take books home for the evening or weekend by worrying less about losing books to children and more about losing children to illiteracy. — Richard Allington

Things we not hope for often come to pass than things we wish. — Plautus

And please return it. You may think this a strange request, but I find that although my friends are poor arithmeticians, they are nearly all of them good bookkeepers. — Walter Scott

The word 'superficial' comes with such negative connotations, suggesting that whatever it is applied to has no value. But the emotional pull of beauty for its own sake cannot be underestimated. — Robin Givhan

I've always eaten egg whites because when I was little, I didn't like the color yellow, so my mom would trick me into eating eggs by taking out the yolk. — Eva Longoria

I keep wishing you had had a better life ... a different life. But a different life would have made you a different Blue." He looked at me then. "And that would be the biggest tragedy of all. — Amy Harmon

When you look ahead and darkness is all you see, faith and determination will pull you through. — Drake

People ask me if I miss the States. I miss African Americans. But not the U.S. government or all the things they put me through. I miss African American culture, our speech, dance and cooking. — Assata Shakur

And therefore, for the sake of my mater, without any regard for my own, I hope all those that have a due regard for our constitution and for the rights and prerogatives of the crown, without which our constitution can not be preserved, will be against this motion. — Robert Walpole