#though

It is a struggle; for though the black man fights passively, he nevertheless fights; and his passive resistance is more effective at present than active resistance could possibly be. He bears the fury of the storm as does the willow tree. ↗

— James Weldon Johnson

#bears #black #could #does #effective

It may be, it just may be, that life as we know it with its humanity is more unique than many have thought. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#just #know #life #many #may

I wear a lot of second hand clothes unless I have a concert and then I wear beaded and sequined second hand clothes. No stylist dresses me although I do have a woman that assists me with the buttons. ↗

— Chris Isaak

#assists #buttons #clothes #concert #dresses

I felt slightly superior to student politics, for instance. I had no reason to think this, but I thought of myself as slightly more seasoned. I became quite cynical talking to my student friends. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#cynical #felt #friends #had #i

I was a little concerned that a lot of people thought I wrote Merchant Ivory movies. I also thought if I was ever going to write something strange and difficult, that was the time. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#concerned #difficult #ever #going #i

When I got to 40 or so... I had the sense when I looked back over my life I would actually see a mess of decisions, a few of which I had thought about, some of which I had sort of stumbled on, and many that I had no control over whatsoever. ↗

— Kazuo Ishiguro

#actually #back #control #decisions #few

I thought it was a really good contrast to have a really sweet, sincere, church girl sitting next to the church lady who seemed kind of, you know, over the top. ↗

— Victoria Jackson

#contrast #girl #good #i #kind

I was the only Christian on the cast, but that was cool because we all respected each others talent and mostly they respected me a lot even though I was the only Christian. ↗

— Victoria Jackson

#cast #christian #cool #each #even

He was somebody who made me think, I suppose, about the contemplative life. I've always been a city fellow, but I've often had vague thoughts about 'checking out' and perhaps going into a monastery and just seeing what it was like. ↗

— Derek Jacobi

#always #been #checking #city #contemplative

I think my parents were happy that I'd gone to university and gotten a degree in history so they thought, 'Well if acting doesn't work for him, he can always become a history teacher or something.' Fortunately, the acting worked out. ↗

— Derek Jacobi

#always #become #degree #fortunately #gone