Beah Richards on challenges
Beah Richards8 quotes“For me life is a challenge. And it will be a challenge if I live to be 100 or if I get to be a trillionaire.”
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Having grown up in a racist culture where 2 and 2 are not 5, I have found life to be incredibly theatrical and theater to be profoundly lifeless.
Beah RichardsBeah Richards Race, what is that? Race is a competition, somebody winning and somebody losing. Blood doesn’t run in races! Come on!
Beah RichardsBeah Richards Heaven and earth! How is it that bodies join but never meet?
Beah RichardsBeah Richards There are a lot of movies out there that I would hate to be paid to do, some real demeaning, real woman-denigrating stuff. It is up to women to change their roles. They are going to have to write the stuff and do it. And they will.
Beah RichardsBeah Richards Both class and race survive education, and neither should. What is education then? If it doesn’t help a human being to recognize that humanity is humanity, what is it for? So you can make a bigger salary than other people?
Beah RichardsBeah Richards When people look only at the surface and that satisfies them and they think from that surface they see, that is to be truly blind.
Beah RichardsBeah Richards Nature is neither reasonable nor just. Nature is exact.
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Thoughts on a tapestry. Colour or black and white. A brush, a pen, A flash of light. Ideas flowing soon, about to take flight.
Gerard GleesonGerard Gleeson Like deep water, she was silent. His lips tasted of salt. He was both addicting and bitter all at once.
MoomerMoomer Always show kindness and love to others. Your words might be filling the empty places in someone else heart.
Alexander KandovAlexander Kandov And I would lie on your chest for hours and dream about the world in your arms but your thoughts were in another world.
Ani ShahverdyanAni Shahverdyan Your smile and your laughter lit my whole world.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki Often all we can do is breathe, even that can be hard sometimes.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry I am addicted to your madness drunk on your toxic love. Infect me with your poison, lets make storms rage above.
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I’m a total luddite when it comes to technology. Pretending I know how to use a computer is a challenge.
Ben SchnetzerBen Schnetzer Sometimes our body is willing, but our mind is weak. Sometimes our mind is willing, but our body is weak. Do not be afraid. Strive to extend your capacity but do not be disappointed with yourself. What does not challenge us, cannot change us.
B.K.S. IyengarB.K.S. Iyengar Some people are quick to challenge others but refuse to look in the mirror and challenge themselves.
Behdad SamiBehdad Sami She (a woman politician) will be challenging a system that is still wedded to militarism and that saves billions of dollars a year by underpaying women and using them as a reserve cheap labor supply
Bella AbzugBella Abzug We must turn the greatest collective challenge facing humankind today – climate change – into the greatest opportunity for common progress towards a sustainable future.
Ban Ki-moonBan Ki-moon I am confident that we will meet whatever challenges the future may bring.
Ben BernankeBen Bernanke As a company grows, communication becomes its biggest challenge.
Ben HorowitzBen Horowitz The present challenge to the photographer is to express inner significance through outward form.
Beaumont NewhallBeaumont Newhall