Africville Quotes

#1. The only good produced by the disappearance of Africville was the appearance of a conscious black nationalism ... In this regard, Consecrated Ground is the heir of fierce, vengeful, and epic activism.

George Elliott Clarke

#2. I disbelieve all holy men and holy books.

Thomas Paine

#3. Harriet Beecher Stowe thought Uncle Tom's Cabin was written through her by Another Hand, so little did she know what was going to happen from moment to moment in the book. She herself was amazed at what she was writing.

Sophy Burnham

#4. Imagination comes of not having things.

LeRoy Neiman

#5. I exercise at the gym with a trainer. I feel it's very healthy, very important - important for everybody. I feel it's good for you. It makes you feel better. It loosens you up a little bit.

Ralph Lauren

#6. I loved doing all those costume dramas. I didn't think, 'Ooh I've got to avoid being typecast' - you can't ever be dictated to by what other people think. I just do things because I fancy the parts and the directors.

Helena Bonham Carter

#7. Spring and Autumn
Every season hath its pleasures;
Spring may boast her flowery prime,
Yet the vineyard's ruby treasures
Brighten Autumn's sob'rer time.

Thomas Moore

#8. And the daughter. Bit of a social failure. Well, that's putting it delicately. Quite overweight. Collects the cats, if you know what I mean.

Donna Tartt

#9. In this universe there might grow roses which sing.

Stephen King

#10. One thing I've learned about the NBA is that you can have one good year, but you've always got to be progressing and working and making yourself better.

Eli Manning

#11. I am a pop girl! And I'm on a major label. I enjoy singing pop songs.

Katy Perry

#12. I always tell my students to go back after a hundred pages and rewrite from the beginning. It's really harder if you've already finished four hundred pages and realize the first hundred aren't working.

Yiyun Li

#13. Everyone knows the game is about the players.

Mike Quade