"We both grew up in the atmosphere of struggle, both Ossie and me, ... I come out of Harlem and Harlem comes out of me - wailing police sirens and street parties, rumors and landlords, that cultural, spiritual scene. And Ossie came up from the South, where struggle and dying were part of everyday life. That is who we are."

-- Ruby Dee

#Spiritual Quotes #Party Quotes #Struggle Quotes

“I knew how to read a contract by 10 years old, but I didn't know what it meant for somebody to come in and tell me they loved me and kiss me goodnight. That's a problem.”

Source : "Actor Corey Feldman Says Pedophilia No. 1 Problem for Child Stars, Contributed to Demise of Corey Haim" by Steven Baker and David Wright, abcnews.go.com. August 10, 2011.
“You will be wounded many times in your life. You'll make mistakes. Some people will call them failures but I have learned that failure is really God's way of saying, "Excuse me, you're moving in the wrong direction." It's just an experience, just an experience.”
“It's a sign of mediocrity when you demonstrate gratitude with moderation.”

Source : "Talking Shop At Oscar Time". Interview with Kenneth L. Woodward, www.newsweek.com. July 2, 1999.
“I love filmmaking, and I love the process. And I would rather do nothing else. It's a privilege to be able to paint such big pictures, so to speak.”

Source : "Featured Filmmaker: Bryan Singer". www.ign.com. December 9, 2002.
“I learned the hula, so now I know how to shake my booty Hawaiian style.”
“God requireth not an uniformity of Religion to be inacted and inforced in any civill state.”

Source : Roger Williams (1867). “The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution”, p.3
“The alternative minimum tax was designed to prevent the very wealthiest Americans from overusing certain tax benefits to avoid most of their tax burden.”
“I do not believe that we can stop perfecting new ways of dying until we have found new ways of living. Every new life-way ought to prevent a new death-way.”

Source : Haniel Long (1950). “A letter to St. Augustine: after re-reading his confessions”

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