"My mother - my stepmother, really, she herself have been what they call an elocutionist. And she was the one who first encouraged me to write poetry, because she used to read it to us. And then when I began to write when I was nine years old, my first poem was published in the Amsterdam News. I called it "The Graveyard.""

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Source : Source: www.npr.org

Ruby Dee

#Mother Quotes #Writing Quotes #Years Quotes

“Art is what everyone knows it is.”

Source : Benedetto Croce, Remo Bodei (2007). “Breviary of aesthetics: four lectures”, Univ of Toronto Pr
“Communication works for those who work at it.”

Source : John Powell, Loretta Brady (1985). “Will the real me please stand up?: so we can all get to know you! : 25 guidelines for good communication”, Thomas More Pr
“The most important word in the vocabulary of advertising is TEST. If you pretest your product with consumers, and pretest your advertising, you will do well in the marketplace.”
“I realized that public affairs were also my affairs.”
“The greatest menace to freedom is an inert people.”

Source : Louis Dembitz Brandeis, Louis D. Brandeis School of Law (2006). “Brandeis at 150: the Louisville perspective : a sesquicentennial commemoration”
“If the idea of revolution is to win out, it must be through political enlightenment. It is useless to try to impose it by force of arms.”
“Theosophy occupies a central place in the history of new spiritual movements, for the writings of Blavatsky and some of her followers have had a great influence outside of her organization. â€¦ The importance of Theosophy in modern history should not be underestimated. Not only have the writings of Blavatsky and others inspired several generations of occultists, but the movement had a remarkable role in the restoration to the colonial peoples of nineteenth century Asia of their own spiritual heritage.”
“I will never have my best season.”

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