colorful, uplifting, lightning quick, music-filled evening of theatre dedicated to revolutionary American slave girl Phillis Wheatley, the first African-American published poet, whose poetic genius lifted her from New England parlor trick into the great salons of Europe and beyond.
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Related When African slave Phillis Wheatley wrote poetry, 18 men came to assess whether that was possible. JACKY FLEMING I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES Michael Jackson fundamentally altered the terms of the debate about African American music. Remember... MICHAEL ERIC DYSON I've always been into theatre so it was very important for me to come and see her, especially becaus... JOVAN PRINTERS I always wrote; my first story was published in the magazine The American Girl when I was 11. SARA PARETSKY We're a new organization of five young, African-American ministers. We're encouraging African-Americ... THURSTON WIGGINS I just got into the Beatles a couple of years ago, you know, I like it. ZIGGY MARLEY I liked AC/DC," Lee said. "If you were going to shoot someone, you'd really want to do it while you ... JOE HILL An American or European composer, for example, now has access to the music of various Asian, African... GEORGE CRUMB The African-American Freedom Trail: From Slavery to Freedom in New York City CHRISTOPHER MOORE We do community canvases throughout the year using artists that are well known. But because the work... BEN CLARK I've always resented the smug statements of politicians, media commentators, corporate executives wh... HOWARD ZINN My great-grandfather fought with the Colonial Army in New England in the American Revolution. W. E. B. DU BOIS It would be a good move to endorse the first African-American presiding officer and an Italian-Irish... LISANNE ALTMANN I Wanna Hold Your Hand.’ First single. Fucking brilliant. Perhaps the most fucking brilliant song ... RACHEL COHN I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON Maya Angelou, the famous African American poet, historian, and civil rights activist who is hailed b... MICHAEL N. CASTLE I'm the type of girl who smiles a lot. I'm the type of girl who is kind to everyone. I'm the type of... NANA ADJOA SAAM IRENE NYAME YE AGGREY-FYNN The unfortunate thing is that, sometimes, we slip, but, fortunately, consciously or unconsciously, w... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH It will be like an old-fashioned radio show. Appalachia is a crossroads of music, especially African... JEFF BIGGERS Before I got here, I thought that the way out of the labyrinth was to pretend that it didn't exist, ... JOHN GREEN Through pain we grow, through growth we find understanding, through understanding we find acceptance... DAMION JAMES LINDER I was the first African-American woman to play Maggie in 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.' It was at ... TAMARA TUNIE Shit seem so sad when you look back. They make us feel like we came up and started from the bottom. ... DONNAYSIA IFIELD America indeed has become a progressive nation, if we understand "progressive" to mean progressing a... RON BRACKIN From my perception, I don't think he's made explicit efforts to win favor in the African-American co... CHRISTOPHER BORICK ...and the great advantage of being a literary woman, was that you could go everywhere and do everyt... HENRY JAMES She's leaving home after living alone for so many years. THE BEATLES Please don't wake me, no don't shake me, leave me where I am, I'm only sleeping THE BEATLES Day In the Life THE BEATLES But tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sun THE BEATLES Hey Jude, don't make it bad, take a sad song and make it better. THE BEATLES Alice's Restaurant Massacre. THE BEATLES Til I Can Make It on My Own. THE BEATLES the minute I didn't feel it, I stopped. THE BEATLES Who knows how long I've loved you, you know I love you still. Will I wait a lonely lifetime? If you ... THE BEATLES For I don't care too much for money, / For money can't buy me love. THE BEATLES All the lonely people, where do they all come from? / All the lonely people, where do they all belon... THE BEATLES Fads don't last, but it should be clear by now that the Beatles are no ordinary fad. THE BEATLES as many lost tracks as I could dig up. I found them everywhere: in my dresser, in my suitcases, my k... THE BEATLES Yesterday our troubles seemed so far away, I believe in yesterday. THE BEATLES [In A Twist of Lennon, Cynthia was reluctant to speak ill of anyone, even Yoko, whom she did not bla... THE BEATLES She Loves You. THE BEATLES Favorite Things. THE BEATLES I saw her standing there. THE BEATLES Nowadays people just stand there watching. It's definitely quieter, almost respectful. And as you pl... THE BEATLES Imagine. THE BEATLES Obviously there is some disappointment from some of the crew about leaving Kings Bay, THE BEATLES Everyone worked very hard on this. I'm very comfortable with everything. THE BEATLES Now we are both in this, both losing our mothers, THE BEATLES John was very human and sometimes in the middle of the night he would say, 'Are you awake ?' and I w... THE BEATLES No, I didn't worry. But it was worth it. THE BEATLES I remember thinking back to The Beatles years. I tend to remember them as glorious and golden, but t... THE BEATLES I mean, this is like, real. THE BEATLES I was in Europe a little while ago, and USA TODAY ran this item about how I was washing bike shorts ... THE BEATLES The production group told me he tried to leave the hospital twice because he'd never missed a show b... THE BEATLES I think it was. THE BEATLES [And Wilson won, by many estimates. His masterpiece concept album] Pet Sounds ... Sgt. Pepper's Lone... THE BEATLES True Love Ways. THE BEATLES Not to mince words, Mr Epstein, we don't like your boys' sound. Groups of guitarists are on the way ... THE BEATLES The love you take is equal to the love you make. THE BEATLES Life goes on, brah! THE BEATLES But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you.
And these memories lose their... THE BEATLES I'll buy you a diamond ring, my friend If it makes you feel alright THE BEATLES Life goes on within you and without you THE BEATLES Whisper words of wisdom, let it be. THE BEATLES Life is very short and there's no time, for fussing and fighting my friend. I have always thought th... THE BEATLES And in the end, the love we take will be equal to the love we make. THE BEATLES To every word of love I heard you whisper, the raindrops seem to play a sweet refrain. THE BEATLES fitting and more permanent form of tribute. THE BEATLES Beauty's Release THE BEATLES The Beatles in 1963 weren't the same Beatles as they were in 1966. THE BEATLES I had spent much of my previous years completely enveloped in Coltrane and Bartok and really heavy, ... THE BEATLES Girl. THE BEATLES with such wit, perception, insight, charm, cleverness and charisma THE BEATLES Chaos And Creation In The Back Yard, THE BEATLES I ride motorbikes, ... Your father inspired me... my wife's letting me buy an ST1100 tomorrow. THE BEATLES Yesterday. THE BEATLES The film shows the director's consistent strength, (has an) uncompromising story and superb acting, THE BEATLES The Ed Sullivan Show. THE BEATLES The world is still spinning and so are we and so are you. When the spinning stops--that'll be the ti... THE BEATLES I'm happy with my lifestyle, ... I don't have time to reflect on [it]. THE BEATLES Tainted Love. THE BEATLES Don't you think you'll be getting in the way? THE BEATLES [The more conservative Daily Telegraph said,] Rooney does it again for England, ... Inspired, untouc... THE BEATLES For well you know that it's a fool, Who plays it cool, By making his world, A little colder THE BEATLES i know i'll often stop and think about them // in my life i love you more THE BEATLES I believe in yesterday THE BEATLES But tomorrow my rain, so I'll follow the sun THE BEATLES I get by with a little help from my friends THE BEATLES And in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love you make... THE BEATLES And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make THE BEATLES Let it be. THE BEATLES It's time for a recovery and reassessment of North American thinkers. Marshall McLuhan, Leslie F... CAMILLE PAGLIA There is only one classroom in which to learn: 1. The work of God. 2. The will of God. 3. The trustw... ELISABETH ELLIOT The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for tre... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE I sit here as the first African-American attorney general, serving the first African-American Presid... ERIC HOLDER It was commissioned by Center Theatre Group's youth program, ... They wanted something based on stor... CHARLAYNE WOODARD I have this theory. If you think about almost any given moment in life, there is a Beatles song that... PENELOPE WARD
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She's leaving home after living alone for so many years. THE BEATLES Please don't wake me, no don't shake me, leave me where I am, I'm only sleeping THE BEATLES Day In the Life THE BEATLES But tomorrow may rain, so I'll follow the sun THE BEATLES Hey Jude, don't make it bad, take a sad song and make it better. THE BEATLES Alice's Restaurant Massacre. THE BEATLES Til I Can Make It on My Own. THE BEATLES the minute I didn't feel it, I stopped. THE BEATLES Who knows how long I've loved you, you know I love you still. Will I wait a lonely lifetime? If you ... THE BEATLES For I don't care too much for money, / For money can't buy me love. THE BEATLES All the lonely people, where do they all come from? / All the lonely people, where do they all belon... THE BEATLES Fads don't last, but it should be clear by now that the Beatles are no ordinary fad. THE BEATLES as many lost tracks as I could dig up. I found them everywhere: in my dresser, in my suitcases, my k... THE BEATLES Yesterday our troubles seemed so far away, I believe in yesterday. THE BEATLES [In A Twist of Lennon, Cynthia was reluctant to speak ill of anyone, even Yoko, whom she did not bla... THE BEATLES She Loves You. THE BEATLES Favorite Things. THE BEATLES I saw her standing there. THE BEATLES Nowadays people just stand there watching. It's definitely quieter, almost respectful. And as you pl... THE BEATLES Imagine. THE BEATLES Obviously there is some disappointment from some of the crew about leaving Kings Bay, THE BEATLES Everyone worked very hard on this. I'm very comfortable with everything. THE BEATLES Now we are both in this, both losing our mothers, THE BEATLES John was very human and sometimes in the middle of the night he would say, 'Are you awake ?' and I w... THE BEATLES No, I didn't worry. But it was worth it. THE BEATLES I remember thinking back to The Beatles years. I tend to remember them as glorious and golden, but t... THE BEATLES I mean, this is like, real. THE BEATLES I was in Europe a little while ago, and USA TODAY ran this item about how I was washing bike shorts ... THE BEATLES The production group told me he tried to leave the hospital twice because he'd never missed a show b... THE BEATLES I think it was. THE BEATLES [And Wilson won, by many estimates. His masterpiece concept album] Pet Sounds ... Sgt. Pepper's Lone... THE BEATLES True Love Ways. THE BEATLES Not to mince words, Mr Epstein, we don't like your boys' sound. Groups of guitarists are on the way ... THE BEATLES The love you take is equal to the love you make. THE BEATLES Life goes on, brah! THE BEATLES But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you.
And these memories lose their... THE BEATLES I'll buy you a diamond ring, my friend If it makes you feel alright THE BEATLES Life goes on within you and without you THE BEATLES Whisper words of wisdom, let it be. THE BEATLES Life is very short and there's no time, for fussing and fighting my friend. I have always thought th... THE BEATLES And in the end, the love we take will be equal to the love we make. THE BEATLES To every word of love I heard you whisper, the raindrops seem to play a sweet refrain. THE BEATLES fitting and more permanent form of tribute. THE BEATLES Beauty's Release THE BEATLES The Beatles in 1963 weren't the same Beatles as they were in 1966. THE BEATLES I had spent much of my previous years completely enveloped in Coltrane and Bartok and really heavy, ... THE BEATLES Girl. THE BEATLES with such wit, perception, insight, charm, cleverness and charisma THE BEATLES Chaos And Creation In The Back Yard, THE BEATLES I ride motorbikes, ... Your father inspired me... my wife's letting me buy an ST1100 tomorrow. THE BEATLES Yesterday. THE BEATLES The film shows the director's consistent strength, (has an) uncompromising story and superb acting, THE BEATLES The Ed Sullivan Show. THE BEATLES The world is still spinning and so are we and so are you. When the spinning stops--that'll be the ti... THE BEATLES I'm happy with my lifestyle, ... I don't have time to reflect on [it]. THE BEATLES Tainted Love. THE BEATLES Don't you think you'll be getting in the way? THE BEATLES [The more conservative Daily Telegraph said,] Rooney does it again for England, ... Inspired, untouc... THE BEATLES For well you know that it's a fool, Who plays it cool, By making his world, A little colder THE BEATLES i know i'll often stop and think about them // in my life i love you more THE BEATLES I believe in yesterday THE BEATLES But tomorrow my rain, so I'll follow the sun THE BEATLES I get by with a little help from my friends THE BEATLES And in the end, the love you take, is equal to the love you make... THE BEATLES And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make THE BEATLES Let it be. THE BEATLES I once had a girl, or should I say, she once had me... She showed me her room, isn't it good, ... NORWEGIAN WOOD (THE BEATLES) For my generation, the bomber jacket is like a replacement for the suit jacket. It's a piece tha... THE WEEKND I'm the most boring person to talk to. THE WEEKND Fish die when they are out of water, and people die without law and order. THE TALMUD He who promises runs in debt. THE TALMUD For me, bomber jackets are smart, but they are also street and have a lot of attitude. THE WEEKND Peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you: not as the world giveth, give I unto you. Let not ... THE BIBLE Who is a wise man? He who learns of all men. THE TALMUD Who is wise? One who learns from all. THE TALMUD The end result of wisdom is... good deeds. THE TALMUD Starting a band is the easy part. Once you've formed the band, you have to tell a story, and tha... THE EDGE Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among foxes. THE TALMUD No labor, however humble, is dishonoring. THE TALMUD If one man says to thee, Thou art a donkey, pay no heed. If two speak thus, purchase a saddle. THE TALMUD Every blade of grass has its angel that bends over it and whispers, grow, grow. THE TALMUD This is the punishment of a liar: he is not believed, even when he speaks the truth. THE TALMUD Prayer carries us half way to God, fasting brings us to the door of His palace, and alms-giving proc... THE KORAN When you teach your son, you teach your son's son. THE TALMUD This is the sum of all -- righteousness. In causing pleasure or in giving pain, in doing good or inj... THE MAHABHARTA The sun will set without thy assistance. THE TALMUD A person will be called to account on Judgment Day for every permissible thing he might have enjoyed... THE TALMUD Thy friend has a friend, and thy friend's friend has a friend; be discreet. THE TALMUD Everyone whose deeds are more than his wisdom, his wisdom endures; and everyone whose wisdom is more... THE TALMUD Loving kindness is greater than laws; and the charities of life are more than all ceremonies. THE TALMUD The deeper the sorrow the less the tongue has it. THE TALMUD A quotation at the right moment is like bread to the famished. THE TALMUD To break an oral agreement which is not legally binding is morally wrong THE TALMUD Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth - which goes with him only while goo... THE TALMUD Join the company of lions rather than assume the lead among
foxes. THE TALMUD The doctrines of religion are resolved into carefulness;
carefulness into vigorousness; vigorousnes... THE TALMUD Greater even than the pious man is he who eats that which is the fruit of his own toil; for scriptur... THE TALMUD Sin is sweet in the beginning, but bitter in the end. THE TALMUD A wrathful man stirreth up strife: but he that is slow to anger appeaseth strife. THE BIBLE Know Ye not ... that the spirit of God dwelleth within you? THE BIBLE If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before [it hated] you. THE BIBLE Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: Which having no guide, overseer, or ru... THE BIBLE Surely the serpent will bite without enchantment; and a babbler is no better. The words of a wise ma... THE BIBLE A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver. THE BIBLE Strength and honor are her clothing: and she shall rejoice in time to come. THE BIBLE And we are witnesses of all things which he did both in the land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem; whom... THE BIBLE And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us while he talked with us by the way, a... THE BIBLE But Jesus beheld them, and said unto them, With men this is impossible; but with God all things are ... THE BIBLE Reprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee: rebuke a wise man, and he will love thee. THE BIBLE A wise man is strong; yea, a man of knowledge increaseth strength. THE BIBLE Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight! THE BIBLE Happy is the man that findeth wisdom, and the man that getteth understanding. For the merchandise of... THE BIBLE When wisdom entereth into thine heart, and knowledge is pleasant unto thy soul; Discretion shall pre... THE BIBLE For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God. For it is written, He taketh the wise in their... THE BIBLE The words of wise men are heard in quiet more than the cry of him that ruleth among fools. Wisdom is... THE BIBLE So that thou incline thine ear unto wisdom, and apply thine heart to understanding; Yea, if thou cri... THE BIBLE Wisdom is the principle thing; therefore get wisdom: and with all thy getting get understanding. THE BIBLE Wisdom is better than weapons of war: but one sinner destroyeth much good. THE BIBLE A wise man's heart is at his right hand; but a fool's heart at his left. THE BIBLE There was a little city, and few men within it; and there came a great king against it, and besieged... THE BIBLE And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. And, behold, there arose a great te... THE BIBLE Nevertheless let every one of you in particular so love his wife even as himself; and the wife see t... THE BIBLE He who works his land will have abundant food. THE BIBLE God helps those who persevere. THE KORAN Live well. It is the greatest revenge. THE TALMUD And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords... THE BIBLE The highest form of wisdom is kindness THE TALMUD The burden is equal to the horse's strength. THE TALMUD Be eager to fulfill the smallest duty and flee from transgression for one duty includes another and ... THE TALMUD Beware of too much laughter, for it deadens the mind and produces oblivion. THE TALMUD Sheep follow sheep. THE TALMUD Live well. It is the greatest revenge. THE TALMUD When you're traveling constantly, every day you become inspired, and it shows in my work, sonica... THE WEEKND This is our world now... the world of the electron and the switch, the beauty of the baud. We make u... THE MENTOR For an Ethiopian mother, if you have a chubby kid, it means you're doing something good. THE WEEKND The Joker that Christopher Nolan created in 'The Dark Knight' had the scar across his mouth,... THE WEEKND 'Trilogy' was more of a claustrophobic body of work. Before it was released, I hadn't le... THE WEEKND The big cop-out would be to accept popularity rather than opting to try to create potent work. It... THE EDGE It wasn’t that everything was going my way, but I began to believe that the way it was going was p... THE HIPPIE Take that rage, put it on a page, take the page to the stage, blow the roof off the place. THE SCRIPT It was strange that in some sort of Jeffrey Dahmer meets Ghandi way I was able to love myself f... THE HIPPIE I don't think I'd ever apologise for music I make, no. THE WEEKND My closet is like Bart Simpson's. THE WEEKND I knew the second I finished the first record - 'House Of Balloons' - and had all this mater... THE WEEKND Prince turned experimental music into pop music. 'When Doves Cry,' the whole 'Purple Rai... THE WEEKND 'House of Balloons' was special because I had no deadlines, and nobody knew me, so there wer... THE WEEKND Fate chooses our relatives, we choose our friends. THE TALMUD Policeman says, "Son you can't stay here" I said, "There's someone I'm waiting for if it's a da... THE SCRIPT All religions, in their pure form, will tell you God is Love. And power, fear, division, judgment, o... THE TRUTH 'Kiss Land' wasn't about what people wanted to hear on the radio. It was the state of mi... THE WEEKND The caterpillar turns to liquid before turning into a butterfly. Liquid. Thus washing away any speck... THE HIPPIE Man has three friends on whose company he relies. First, wealth which goes with him only while good ... THE TALMUD He who carries out one good deed acquires one advocate in his own behalf, and he who commits one tra... THE TALMUD Travel only with thy equals or thy betters; if there are none, travel alone. THE DHAMMAPADA How many pens are broken, how many ink bottles consumed, to write about things that have never happe... THE TALMUD You can educate a fool, but you cannot make him think THE TALMUD If one speaks or acts with a cruel mind, misery follows, as the cart follows the horse... If one spe... THE DHAMMAPADA Whoever destroys a single life is as guilty as though he had destroyed the entire world; and whoever... THE TALMUD Who can protest and does not, is an accomplice in the act. THE TALMUD Until a child is one year old it is incapable of sin. THE TALMUD Never expose yourself unnecessarily to danger; a miracle may not save you...and if it does, it will ... THE TALMUD Learning is achieved only in company. THE TALMUD Humor the sons of the poor, for they give science its splendor. THE TALMUD Hold no man responsible for what he says in his grief. THE TALMUD He that gives should never remember, he that receives should never forget. THE TALMUD God said: you must teach, as I taught, without a fee. THE TALMUD For the sake of peace one may lie, but peace itself should never be a lie. THE TALMUD Customs are more powerful than laws. THE TALMUD Say not, when I have leisure I will study; you may not have leisure. THE MISHNAH Pregnancy is barbaric. … The husband's guilty waning of sexual desire, the woman's tears in fr... THE CHILDREN We played great, ... it's just Hilton Head is tough. THE EAGLES I just want to keep pushing the envelope without it feeling forced. THE WEEKND The whole 'enigmatic artist' thing, I just ran with it. THE WEEKND I was very camera shy. People like hot girls, so I put my music to hot girls and it just became a tr... THE WEEKND Just for the record, we never broke up. We just took a fourtee year vacation. THE EAGLES This is the only way we can deal with it, ... We have to be proactive. THE JERUSALEM The day is short, the labor long, the workers are idle, and reward is great, and the Master is urgen... THE TALMUD Both teams kept it close to the vest, THE EAGLES I don't want to paint myself into a corner,'' he said. THE ARCHIVES I didn't have a father figure in the house. THE WEEKND He who promises runs in debt THE TALMUD they felt it wasn't egalitarian enough. THE JERUSALEM I was 14, and I fell in love with Pink Floyd. THE WEEKND Those who have high thoughts are ever striving; they are not happy to remain in the same place. Like... THE DHAMMAPADA Grace is great because of his grave. THE INSPIRATIONIST Out of the grave, we are brave to receive grace. THE INSPIRATIONIST Jazz came out of New Orleans, and that was the forerunner of everything. You mix jazz with European ... THE EDGE There is no pity for a man who moans about living in one town and does not move to another. THE TALMUD defending the religious freedom of Christians. THE FOUNDATION Going home helps the content. THE WEEKND City girls just seem to find out earlyHow to open doors with just a smile. THE EAGLES Time passes and you must move onHalf the distance takes you twice as longSo you keep on singing for ... THE EAGLES You can see the stars and still not see the light. THE EAGLES Do not attempt to confute a lion after he's dead THE TALMUD 'Kiss Land' is the story after 'Trilogy'; it's pretty much the second chapter of... THE WEEKND Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread. THE BIBLE I beheld the trappings of upper-middle-class comfort. The big-screen TV and VCR. The crush of name-b... THE CHILDREN not-so-subtle reminder that there was creativity before silicon chips. Creativity doesn't live in ma... THE COMMITTEE No suffering befalls the man who calls nothing his own. THE DHAMAPADA Thy friend has a friend, and thy friend's friend has a friend; be discreet THE TALMUD