Incidents In The Life Of A Slave Girl Quotes

#1. I read slave narratives, books like Bullwhip Days, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl. [The Root's chairman] Henry Louis Gates has an amazing documentary called Many Rivers to Cross - really, his whole writings; he's such a wealth of knowledge.

Jurnee Smollett

#2. A clergyman generally dislikes to be met in argument by any scriptural quotation; he feels as affronted as a doctor does, when recommended by an old woman to take some favourite dose,

Anthony Trollope

#3. I don't want to have these burdens. But I can't bear to turn them over to anyone else, either. Because, despite all the work, I like being in control of my own life.

Robin Hobb

#4. I've been lucky to be able to make the records I've wanted to make. The record company has never pressured me to cut certain songs.

Lyle Lovett

#5. I think that there is far too much work done in the world, that immense harm is caused by the belief that work is virtuous, and that what needs to be preached in modern industrial countries is quite different from what always has been preached.

Bertrand Russell

#6. You are the trembling of time, that passes
between vertical light and darkened sky,

Pablo Neruda

#7. The sexiest woman musician is Alicia Keys.

Pharrell Williams

#8. I think I've got a decent imagination. I hope some of my stories inspire other young imaginations.

Tony DiTerlizzi

#9. Most gods have the morals of a spoiled child.

Robert A. Heinlein

#10. I got it: stay away from cocaine and heroin.

Tommy Lee

#11. It's hard to deny that an alarming number of those who stood for peace, not war, were either killed by deranged lone gunmen or else died in suspicious circumstances. We refer of course to the likes of JFK, Martin Luther King, Benazir Bhutto, Bobby Kennedy and John Lennon, to name but a few.

James Morcan

#12. She was why none of his relationships had ever lasted. He hadn't left part of himself on the river, he'd left part of himself with her.

Laura Trentham

#13. I have decided that I want animation to be taken seriously; that is the goal of my life. I believe that animation is a very important medium to tell stories, not just for kids but for adults.

Signe Baumane

#14. Everything you need to know is right there inside, waiting for you to tap in and discover it, and then hopefully do something about it.

Tara Stiles