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" Is it safe and sane to only have one political and economic system by which everyone in the world can live? Or can we explore and share? God never made one of anything. "

Ruby Dee

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" I pray with my whole soul that the divide-and-conquerers among us will not triumph over us. We need each other in this world so desperately. "

" I didn't realize it until I was grown how necessary it is for good people to be tough. "

" OK, boss, I don't mind shuffling, but I won't scratch my head. "

" You can't be all you are meant to be if you think you are better than others, and you can't be all you are meant to be if you think you are less than others, either. "

" The economics of life is against the family. "

" I think you mustn't tell your body, you mustn't tell your soul, 'I'm going to retire.' You may be changing your life emphasis, but there's still things that you have in mind to do that now seems the right time to do. "

" I respect the fact that a director has studied the text and the road map of work before us, the subtleties, interconnections, underpinnings... His job is to paint the entire picture and knows all the colors that have to be in it. "

" The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity. "

" African-Americans have a lot to teach the world. "

" Well, I didn't grow up with that word 'retirement' as part of my consciousness. I didn't grow up with professionals that retired. I thought retiring was when you are tired and go to bed. "

" A nation's youths shouldn't be sent off to die. "

" An Oscar nomination? That would be a very satisfying thing, I'm sure. I would appreciate the thought. It would be like taking your hat off as an actor to all the people who walk through you. "

" You're not supposed to go into business with the sole purpose of putting your neighbor out of business. This is not the United States of Corporate America. "

" I remember street corners and pickets and parades. That's what I got teethed on. "

" I really don't believe in retiring as long as you can breathe. "

" I never thought about myself as an activist when we were coming along. I love the people I love. I didn't care whether they could be a Democrat, Republican, communist... anything but a racist. "

" I have this deep love for authors. I think that we don't do enough to encourage love of words and love of books. "

" We don't realize how much racism has tainted our self-image as human beings. "

" My stepmother wanted to be an actress. "

" When I was young, I dreamt of being a starlet in Hollywood. But there comes a point in every African American's life when you realize the limitations, that you could only play maids or some little supporting role. Even Lena Horne couldn't get good parts. "

" We are all a tiger with feelings. An elephant who never forgets. We are tiger, panther, monkey - we are all of these things, all of the life rhythms. "

" Before I latched onto the concept of stereotypes, not once did I reckon with the fact that I would never be a 'Hollywood starlet.' "

" I have always been against the gangster as hero. "

" The greatest gift is not being afraid to question. "

" I don't remember, as a child, feeling a lack of anything. "

" Just staying together is not a real virtue, if you're not happy. Or you're being denied. Or one person is being squashed. Or you really don't love each other; you're just there out of habit. That doesn't work, no matter how many years you stay together. "

" You should always be prepared to win. But as much as I tell myself that, I've accepted another kind of role. Racism undercuts expectation, something like that. I'm not saying that to excuse myself from anything, but I've lived all this time, and things don't happen. "

" I'm an actor who appreciates direction. "