#my

Because, if I'm honest, people in the white world might be appalled, but in the black world, they're making myths out of me. And I know that ain't the life. ↗

— John Singleton

#because #black #honest #i #know

Can't you ever stop joking?" "No, why should I? Laughter is one of the two things that make life worthwhile. Aren't you going to ask what the other one is? ↗

— Elizabeth Peters

#vicky-bliss #life

There's plenty of juice to keep this economy going. ↗

— Steve Forbes

#going #juice #keep #plenty

I dreamed of having a book of my own, of writing one that I could put on a shelf. ↗

— Patti Smith

#could #dreamed #having #i #my own

I'll never forget the day that I was told I would have to have a mastectomy. My reaction to the words was total denial. ↗

— Betty Ford

#denial #forget #i #mastectomy #never

The way I spend my time is very isolated and cut off. ↗

— Helen Slater

#i #isolated #my time #off #spend

However, the combination of civil resistance, of large-scale mass activities and strikes, with a certain degree of revolutionary violence, could provoke a crisis in the enemy's camp that would ultimately lead to essential changes. ↗

— Joe Slovo

#camp #certain #certain degree #changes #civil

There are lots of things I like about playing in a band, the things I can't do by myself you know. ↗

— Elliott Smith

#band #i #know #like #lots

I feel a real responsibility to my community and so right now there has been this bizarre myth in our community how our vote doesn't count. I'm trying to get out there and re-educate on how the government works and break that myth and talk about the importance of being involved. ↗

— Jada Pinkett Smith

#been #being #bizarre #break #community

The chemotherapy was very peculiar, something that makes you feel much worse than the cancer itself, a very nasty thing. I used to go to treatment on my own, and nearly everybody else was with somebody. I wouldn't have liked that. Why would you want to make anybody sit in those places? ↗

— Maggie Smith

#cancer #chemotherapy #else #everybody #everybody else