Somewhere in the bible it say Jesus hair was like lamb's wool, I say. Well, say Shug, if he came to any of these churches we talking bout he'd have to have it conked before anybody paid him any attention. The last thing niggers want to think about they God is that his hair kinky.
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Related If you want to find something with an equation, you must start thinking like a person who have it. DEYTH BANGER Here's the thing, say Shug. The thing I believe. God is inside you and inside everybody else. You co... ALICE WALKER I discovered Einstein said the same thing about his celebrated theories of relativity that writers s... E. L. DOCTOROW They don't feel any obligation to the world, but that's not what the Bible and Jesus say. BRIAN GARRY If you want to wear long hair or wear that dress, as long as you're not hurting yourself or anyb... FLORENCE HENDERSON Man corrupt everything, say Shug. He on your box of grits, in your head, and all over the radio. He ... ALICE WALKER They say be parted well and paid his score,
And so, God be with him. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I don't think it's weird. I think Ray and Jake handle that situation well. I think it was more impor... JEFF HOLMAN For me, it was kind of like going into the military or something. And anybody - any male - who has e... ALTON BROWN I have learned that I will not pay any attention to anything people say about my movies, because peo... PAOLO SORRENTINO There was a misconception about me when I started off because I had my hair greased up and I have so... CHRIS ISAAK That's what I want to invoke on them. This is bigger than them and it is sport and it's a chain of e... RICK SAY They looked at the videotape because of Kali, but I guess they liked the other boys. Same thing happ... WENDELL SAY I stroke his hair and repeat the words of comfort he whispered to me the last time we were together.... SUSAN EE That water makes their hair grow. They say the magic word and they want the boy's hair or man's hair... HOWARD WILLIA I knew in advance what they were going to say about John Roberts. They were going to say that he wa... CHARLES PICKERING I have good idea, for if you meet some person from different religion and he want to make argument a... ELIZABETH GILBERT I have to say that my dad's face is very malleable. He's barely got any cartilage in his fac... CLAIRE DANES He doesn't want to make any excuses. If he got lit up, he's going to say that he got lit up, and he'... CARLOS LEE I can read in any book and newspaper about the city of Detroit, but I want to hear what the people i... ERIN CUMMINGS People always say you can't do a red lip if you have red hair but I've never shied away from... KATE WALSH People have been talking about him since he was a freshman. I never had any conversations with him a... GARY LINDGREN We understand that the archdiocese has been unable to say whether he has been saying Mass at any chu... CHRISTY MILLER They cannot make it say what they want it to say. And this is the beginning and the end of the case ... CLIFFORD LONGLEY The only thing I'd say that's left is that his command of his fastball, slider and split is a hair o... GIL PATTERSON I think there seems to be an understanding if Montana is going to have any say at any time on how th... ALEC HANSEN I knew in advance what they were going to say about John Roberts. They were going to say that ... CHARLES PICKERING Are you trivialising the sisterhood if you dye your hair or have your eyebrows threaded? I'd say... LOUISE MENSCH It takes me forever to say my prayers these days, but I don't care, because this time around, I want... TERRY MCMILLAN I really don't like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me to ... LARRY BIRD Time determines the occurrence of possibilities and impossibilities, but God determines the time for... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH His arm strength is right where it was before he (got hurt). If you asked me if there was anything I... GIL PATTERSON The neatest thing I heard him say was that he couldn't wait to shave it off. I was relieved to hear ... BRENDA ROETHLISBERGER People are assholes, Mouse. You already know that.” He paused as he scooped some of my hair back, ... JENNIFER L. ARMENTROUT So I haven't seen any of the parties coming forward to say that they are prepared to fund such a thi... CHRISTOPHER HILL He was looking amazing. He was feeling amazing and I think it was just wonderful to have him back on... KARAN JOHAR Am I totally satisfied? ... If you want me to say Trent has lit it up, he has not lit it up. But Tre... ROMEO CRENNEL I will say this about the Miz: Even though I don't like his wrestling style, he is a very hard w... DANIEL BRYAN Here's the thing, say Shug. The thing I believe. God is inside you and inside everybody else. You co... ALICE WALKER 'God' - as revealed in his book of edicts and narratives is practically an idiot. He has nothing to ... JOHANN MOST He lifted the lavender soap to his hair, and she squeaked. “You don’t use that in you... SARAH J. MAAS Prayer is talking with God and telling Him you love Him. Conversing with God about all the things th... C. NEIL STRAIT We have a war dictator who was not elected, he snuck in. so he punishes people that threaten him in ... JONI MITCHELL Only in the latest of our Gospels, John, a Gospel that shows considerably more theological sophistic... BART D. EHRMAN If I were just curious, it would be very hard to say to someone, I want to come to your house and ha... DIANE ARBUS If I were just curious, it would be very hard to say to someone, ''I want to come to your house and ... DIANE ARBUS I don't feel like I need to tell any lies. You get to an age where you get tired of hiding behin... BETTY WRIGHT I think it's fair to say that over the course of the Bush presidency, if Dick Cheney had had his way... ROME HARTMAN What he has to say about the intimate details of his relationship with anybody is between him and hi... ABBE LOWELL When it's clear that we have a commitment to God that comes before anything else in our lives, most ... CRAIG GROESCHEL For a minute he was taken aback. I asked him not to say anything, to think about it. Well, the more ... ED TAPSCOTT It's something I had never heard before Magruder made it, and I can't say that I have any evidence t... JOHN DEAN I think physicians generally don't want to say bad things about other physicians. The second thing i... JAY WOLFSON People are always asking me what my lyrics mean. Well I say what any decent poet would say if you da... FREDDIE MERCURY Some persons have ventured to say that it is only since Englishmen ceased to believe in the Bible th... LAFCADIO HEARN That's how they say it: He loves you in his own way. Well, what about my way? What if I need for him... TAMMARA WEBBER Critics... They're like traffic cops. They say what they have to say, then leave, and another gu... JEFF BUCKLEY They talk about it every single year. They talked about it last year, and the year before that and t... ED PEPPLE Peeta would lose it if he knew I was thinking any of this, so I only say, “So what should we do wi... SUZANNE COLLINS Each of those churches shows certain books, which they call revelation, or the Word of God. The Jews... THOMAS PAINE In the case of 'Happiness,' I think the best thing that could have happened was for us to have had t... DENNIS RICE I think I can say, and say with pride, that we have some legislatures that bring higher prices than ... MARK TWAIN I think I can say, and say with pride, that we have some legislatures that bring higher prices than ... MARK TWAIN And Jesus answering said unto him, Simon, I have somewhat to say unto thee. And he saith, Master, sa... BIBLE Grown-ups love figures. When you tell them that you have made a new friend, they never ask you any q... ANTOINE DE SAINT-EXUPéRY I wondered if they had rehearsed this weird three-way-talking thing they had going on. I imagined th... RACHEL HAWKINS Some say that AIDS came from the monkeys, and I doubt that because we have been living with monkeys ... WANGARI MAATHAI I really don't like talking about money. All I can say is that the Good Lord must have wanted me... LARRY BIRD But if you're talking about fine art work, then I think you have to ask yourself some pretty dee... LEONARD NIMOY Well, I want to say something. This matter is in litigation. The lawyers have advised we not say any... CONNIE CHUNG I don't know what I'm going to do. The only thing I say is that God will please give me somewhere to... DOLORES CAMACHO Sometimes it is hard not to say, 'God forgive God.' Sometimes it is hard to say so much. But if our ... C.S. LEWIS I want to say that I have never intentionally used any banned substances. It is a huge and horrible ... OLGA PYLEVA I was obsessed with this idea that these things that you collect, they just say so much about who yo... BEN SILBERMANN The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any. —ALICE WALKER DEMI LOVATO I wouldn't say there was any pressure. I would say there's an advantage in that you know you can pla... CRAIG STADLER Now what is the will of God? That's the big question. You can't say the will of God is to disrespect... CHUCK D What use is it to us to hear it said of a man that he has thrown off the yoke, that he does not beli... BLAISE PASCAL But the best definition of it is to say that heaven is that state where we will always be with Jesus... WILLIAM BARCLAY But the best definition of it is to say that heaven is that state where we will always be with Jesus... WILLIAM BARCLAY Where in the Bible does it say I have to drive a Honda? BENNY HINN They say that our sovereign is above his laws to his pleasure, and he may make it and break it as he... JACK CADE I believe in God... just in case. It's like there's some list somewhere and you don't want to be on ... MARK MARON I don't say he's a great man. Willie Loman never made a lot of money. His name was never in the pape... ARTHUR MILLER I think we say we want sustainable business. This is sustainable, it's clean, people are well paid. BETTY TAYLOR Anybody who carries the albatross of that teen-idol thing - well, people tend to look and say: '... DAVID CASSIDY Any woman with kinky textured hair - can wear it, love it and manage it. She only needs the right to... MONICA MILLNER I had nothing to say to these strangers, whoever or whatever they were. CATHERINE LACEY Suicide thought is a negative force that needs to be overcome with a positive force,positive thinkin... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Suicide is an option for the unwise,but for the wise suicide has got no room to be given an option. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) Suicide is never the solution to life's problems but hope. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) When the mind is filled with positivity the thoughts of suicide becomes virtually non existing. DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) or any other very sensitive thing, we'll say cannot be circulated to anybody. HANS BLIX We were very clear that we controlled the survey at all time. We knew it was going to be sensitive e... FRITZ WENZEL The cynic in me says they want to lock him up and maybe squeeze him to get him to say something. I d... KEITH ADAMS He cut hair at the jail for nothing and he cut hair at the orphan's home (Guardian Angel Home in Cre... LUCILLE MANCKE The world is full of men who want to be right, when actually the secret of a man's strength and his ... JIM ANDERSON I often say that if you want to really want to understand the contract of marriage, just ask anyone ... HARVEY FIERSTEIN Ah, yeah. Yeah, tis awful all right. Well, your Mam wanted me to talk to you about it, but…’ CIARáN WEST I am not afraid of people who say all the wrong things that make others gasp in disbelief. I am afra... C. JOYBELL C.
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ALICE WALKER Who am I to tell her who to love? My job just to love her good and true myself. P. 237 ALICE WALKER Every time I conjure up a rock, I throw it. ALICE WALKER The Olinka girls do not believe girls should be educated. When I asked a mother why she thought this... ALICE WALKER Us sing and dance, make faces and give flower bouquets, trying to be loved. You ever notice that tre... ALICE WALKER Here's the thing, say Shug. The thing I believe. God is inside you and inside everybody else. You co... ALICE WALKER The more I wonder, the more I love. ALICE WALKER Man corrupt everything, say Shug. He on your box of grits, in your head, and all over the radio. He ... ALICE WALKER Oh, Celie, unbelief is a terrible thing. And so is the hurt we cause others unknowingly. ALICE WALKER A grown child is a dangerous thing. ALICE WALKER People think pleasing God is all God care about. But any fool living in the world can see it always ... ALICE WALKER All my life I had to fight. I had to fight my daddy. I had to fight my brothers. I had to fight my c... ALICE WALKER Here's the thing, say Shug. The thing I believe. God is inside you and inside everybody else. You co... ALICE WALKER Everything want to be loved. Us sing and dance and holler, just trying to be loved. ALICE WALKER And I thank God let me gain understanding enough to know love can't be halted just cause some people... ALICE WALKER A writer's heart, a poet's heart, an artist's heart, a musician's heart is always breaking. It is th... ALICE WALKER Well how you spect to make her mind? Wives is like children. You have to let 'em know who got the up... ALICE WALKER All my life I had to fight... But I never thought I'd have to fight in my own house... I loves Harpo... ALICE WALKER I had assumed that the Earth, the spirit of the Earth, noticed exceptions -- those who wantonly dama... ALICE WALKER The longer I am a writer--so long now that my writing finger is periodically numb--the better I unde... ALICE WALKER Mr. President how long must women wait to get their liberty? Let us have the rights we deserve. ALICE PAUL I think fashion can always date, but I think if a woman has elegance, she doesn't date. ALICE TEMPERLEY The decisions you make are a choice of values that reflect your life in every way. ALICE WATERS When the wind blows through a wood, its mass is cut and closed by every leaf, forming a train of jit... ALICE OSWALD After I dropped out of college at the age of 19, I became a mortgage broker, and when I went back to... ALICE DREGER After I dropped out of college at the age of 19, I became a mortgage broker, and when I went back to... ALICE DREGER