Curtis Mayfield Quotes

My teacher told me I'd never amount to anything. I left high school at 15, after one year. But my real teachers were all the people around me. And I was a good listener.

Curtis Mayfield

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: musician
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: June 3, 1942 - December 26, 1999

Topics

GoodTeacherSchoolPeopleMeYear

I would love to take the WWE championship back to India. Nobody has ever taken a WWE championship to India, so just to think about the power that I would have to motivate the youth and to inspire a tremendous amount of people there is amazing.

Jinder Mahal

LovePowerPeopleAmazingYouth

The bear is what we all wrestle with. Everybody has their bear in life. It's about conquering that bear and letting him go.

Jennifer Lopez

LifeGoBearHimEverybodyAbout

New highways, ports, and runways appear economically foolish if we don't understand the economic growth that flows from such investments.

John Delaney

GrowthNewUnderstandEconomic Growth

There will be no cost drag from digital by 2020.

John L. Flannery

WillDigitalCostDrag

When you do an interview with me, you're talking to a cheap imitation of the person that I really am. There's no magic in my words, it's just me talking.

John Mayer

WordsMeTalkingMagicYouPerson

Culture is properly described as the love of perfection; it is a study of perfection.

Matthew Arnold

LoveCulturePerfectionStudy

Everyone in my family is a risk taker in his or her own way.

Ann Bancroft

FamilyWayRiskEveryoneOwnHer

On January 10, 1963, I was sworn in as a lawyer, so next January 10 I will have practiced law for 40 years, and I've loved every minute of it.

Johnnie Cochran

JanuaryLawLawyerLovedWillYears

Everything I want, I do it like it's the last thing.

Trevante Rhodes

WantEverythingLastLikeThing

My son is a tree surgeon and gets me a lovely tree. I like to put it up early, as I can't wait for Christmas. We dress it with decorations that have been in the family for years.

Mary Berry

FamilySonTreeDressMeWait

I'd rather write about polar bears than people.

Mary Oliver

PeopleWritePolarRatherBears

The Voting Rights Act of 1965 brought an end to the ugly Jim Crow period in American history.

Lisa Murkowski

HistoryUglyEndVotingAmerican

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