Langston Hughes Writing is like travelling. It’s wonderful to go somewhere, but you get tired of staying. – Langston Hughes Staying Quotes Tired Quotes Travelling Quotes Wonderful Quotes Writing Quotes My chief literary influences have been Paul Laurence Dunbar, Carl Sandburg, and Walt Whitman. My favorite public figures include Jimmy Durante, Marlene Dietrich, Mary McLeod Bethune, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Marian Anderson, and Henry Armstrong. Even the ‘Negro’ shows like ‘Amos and Andy’ and ‘Beulah’ are written largely by white writers – the better to preserve the stereotypes, I imagine.
John Rzeznik I thought ‘Gutterflower’ was a really good record, but the album before that got so big that everyone expected us to go through that again. – John Rzeznik
Leonard Mlodinow I’ve always loved science, as far back as I can remember. I was very, very curious about how everything worked: the world, the physical universe, chemistry, law. So it was only natural to be curious about how our mind works. – Leonard Mlodinow
Alan AldaFamous It isn’t necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It’s only necessary to be rich. – Alan Alda
Janet Weiss Sleater-Kinney becomes bigger than the three of us. It pulls us along, in a way. – Janet Weiss
Brigitte Bardot I only live in the world of animal protection. I speak only of that. I think only of that. I am obsessed. – Brigitte Bardot
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