Charlotte Rae quote: "You can take wonderfully talented actors, wonderfully talented writers and producers, and, uh, do a wonderful show!... but if it doesn't hit with the public in two minutes, it's bye-bye."

We used to listen to all the marvelous operas on records. Music was a very important part of our liv...
CHARLOTTE RAE

Because of the power of television, I was visible to everybody all over the world. But there are man...
CHARLOTTE RAE

I can't even go to Barbados without people wanting to hug me and 'Oh, Mrs. Garrett!', you know, it r...
CHARLOTTE RAE

I feel that sex should be part of something more meaningful than just being something casual. Televi...
CHARLOTTE RAE

You can take wonderfully talented actors, wonderfully talented writers and producers, and, uh, do a ...
CHARLOTTE RAE

They very seldom let me lose my cool. They made me like I was Polly Perfect, which was ridiculous so...
CHARLOTTE RAE

I always learned to be philanthropic... to give back.
CHARLOTTE RAE

It's always nice to remember and honor the old folks. Today, even though I'm getting old, I honor th...
CHARLOTTE RAE

They very seldom let me lose my cool. They made me like I was Polly Perfect, which was ridiculous so...
CHARLOTTE RAE

And also, to encompass the madness within, let us reach forth our minds.
RAE LA RAE

I don't plot with huge detail, just big moments and important elements, and then I have a struct...
RAE CARSON

I decided a long time ago to be unfiltered and wholly myself in these areas of social media. I'v...
RAE CARSON

I'd love to see more middle and high school teachers who are not teaching English develop classr...
RAE CARSON

I miss my family and friends from Cali a lot. I also miss late-night business hours, hiking in the S...
RAE CARSON

I have tremendous respect for teens who navigate the quagmire that is modern religion. If there is a...
RAE CARSON

I'm an atheist and a humanist, so I have no desire to evangelize anyone.
RAE CARSON

It's important to not marginalize any people group in fiction. A complete, authentic-feeling wor...
RAE CARSON

I saw 'Star Wars' for the first time when I was four years old. Sure, I thought Princess Lei...
RAE CARSON

Some of the most common pitfalls I see occur when authors don't check their privilege. Billions ...
RAE CARSON

I've had a love affair with the desert ever since I can remember. No matter what I wrote - conte...
RAE CARSON

I worked at a job where 90 percent of my coworkers were Spanish-speaking, and some of them were only...
RAE CARSON

I do confess to being the exasperated, bossy, know-it-all, overachieving big sister.
RAE CARSON

I was a teenage girl once. I was not an overweight teenage girl, but I had really bad acne when I wa...
RAE CARSON

I was a Social Science major in college, with an emphasis in secondary education. I took as many cou...
RAE CARSON

'Lord of the Rings' was a childhood favorite, though the adult Rae wishes the women in those...
RAE CARSON

I love George R.R. Martin's 'Game of Thrones' series.
RAE CARSON

When you write about faith, people will be upset with you no matter what. I've heard from reader...
RAE CARSON

The common thread in all my projects is 'girls being awesome.' Can we make that a genre?
RAE CARSON

I grew up in a cloistered, conservative culture that adhered to strict gender roles. So it's eas...
RAE CARSON

The message was always, 'It's good to be pretty, but don't look like you're trying t...
RAE CARSON

I must be honest here; I don't think there's such a thing as 'unconventional' when i...
RAE CARSON

My most profound growth as a writer came when I joined an online critique group. What a harrowing, t...
RAE CARSON

I dreamed about this as a kid, that I would write - and people would read - a whole series of books....
RAE CARSON

Competing in pageants made me hyper-aware of the unfair expectations society places on women in term...
RAE CARSON

I'm transitioning to television and film, but ultimately, I want to have a stronger presence on ...
ISSA RAE

There's so many, 'no, black people aren't like that' barriers in mainstream media.
ISSA RAE

Respectfully, 'Awkward Black Girl' was never meant to be politically correct. We poke fun at...
ISSA RAE

The Internet has provided small communities for racism online, and people feel free to do it. Ultima...
ISSA RAE

It was jarring to be berated for 'acting white' when I was placed in a predominantly black m...
ISSA RAE

I hate to say it but I hate black humor. I feel like a Klan member saying it, but it's just not ...
ISSA RAE

You know, you have a lot of people - I've met a lot of people in the past, I've gone to priv...
ISSA RAE

I'll stick to finding the funny in the ordinary because my life is pretty ordinary and so are th...
ISSA RAE

Black and awkward is the worst, because black people are stereotyped as being anything but awkward i...
ISSA RAE

The very definition of 'blackness' is as broad as that of 'whiteness,' yet we're...
ISSA RAE

Growing up as a young black girl in Potomac, Maryland was easy. I had a Rainbow Coalition of friends...
ISSA RAE

The black characters on TV are the sidekicks, or they're insignificant. You could put all the bl...
ISSA RAE

It's a bit cliche, but you can't go wrong by writing what you know. Even if you're a hor...
ISSA RAE

I don't think the mainstream media understands people of color are multidimensional. For some re...
ISSA RAE

People are tired of mainstream media's limited and confined portrayal of people of color.
ISSA RAE

I thrive on obstacles. If I'm told that it can't be told, then I push harder.
ISSA RAE

A family is really a union of two separate entities. When you get married, you are marrying one fami...
PATRICIA RAE

One of the first things that I did was, I got myself a publicist as soon as 'Maria Full of Grace...
PATRICIA RAE

You don't always necessarily see eye to eye with the people that you are getting married into yo...
PATRICIA RAE

As a teenager, my blackness was also questioned by some of the life choices I made that weren't ...
ISSA RAE

Most of the players are Alex McLeish signings and we want to do well for him, as well as ourselves,
ALEX RAE

He was the guy who gave us our chance and we want to do well for him. I'm sure we can turn things ar...
ALEX RAE

It will be nice to play against my old club again. I look back fondly at my time there, that club wa...
ALEX RAE

Everyone at the club was disappointed with the Hibs defeat, so it is crucial we bounce back against ...
ALEX RAE

Most of the boys are walking around in a daze in there. We thought we had done enough to win but the...
ALEX RAE

Peace is such hard work. Harder than war. It takes way more effort to forgive than to kill.
RAE CARSON

Honor from death,” I snap, “is a myth. Invented by the war torn to make sense of the horrific. I...
RAE CARSON

I'm a social media addict.
ISSA RAE

I never really had to put much thought into my race, and neither did anybody else. I knew I was blac...
ISSA RAE

Part of the allure of watching characters on-screen is to be able to put yourself in his or her shoe...
ISSA RAE

I used to love being the class clown. I loved to make jokes and make people laugh. There was a set o...
ISSA RAE

If you give up, it's over. But if you press on, you will either discover the rewards of persisting t...
LETICIA RAE

You look beautiful," Alodia says.
I startle at the compliment. Then I smile. "I’m beautiful ...
RAE CARSON

It's one thing when other African-Americans try to threaten my race card, but when people outsid...
ISSA RAE

Every time I'm recognized in public, I'm super grateful and appreciative, but I also get hot...
ISSA RAE

When life's got you down, keep your head up... you can't see the ground anyway
NICOLE RAE

A sense of mission lost
in ink's
jagged outcrops.

I was trying to tell myself RAE ARMANTROUT

I think sometimes when we find love we pretend it away, or ignore it, or tell ourselves we’re imag...
RAE CARSON

I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love...
DAPHNE RAE

But I can say one thing -- I will not say a negative word about anyone on this platform.
BOB RAE

Love is stronger than hate.
BOB RAE

This was a mass murder. This was a bombing attack carried out on Canadian civilians and the conseque...
BOB RAE

This was a mass murder. This was a bombing attack that was carried out on Canadian civilians. And th...
BOB RAE

The fundamental objective of an inquiry has to be lessons learned. How did these things go wrong, ar...
BOB RAE

It isn't realistic in this province to think that tuition is going to be frozen indefinitely. It doe...
BOB RAE

I think he adds a lot of perspective to any discussions about the future of the country.
BOB RAE

When other countries seem to be able to move forward in that area, I think Canadians expect to see t...
BOB RAE

[He added,] Well-dressed, fit, and vigorous for his 73 years, he was a tough political partisan. He...
BOB RAE

What happens to Canada and what happens to Canadians matters. I believe that Canada needs a party th...
BOB RAE

My first web series, 'Dorm Diaries,' was a realistic mockumentary about what it was like to ...
ISSA RAE

The most beautiful things you can wear are your self-confidence and your self-love.
LETICIA RAE

[Allowing states to enforce their own standards would lead to a confusing patchwork of requirements,...
RAE TYSON

I cry in the most joyful of moments. It's not tears of joy, either, it's the idea of knowing it won'...
KAYLA RAE

I really want to be the black Tina Fey, where I just am able to produce my own content and produce o...
ISSA RAE

first step in a defect investigation.
RAE TYSON

We set a standard that provides tremendous benefits without compromising safety or causing severe ec...
RAE TYSON

We're confident that we went through a very rigorous process in writing the final light truck standa...
RAE TYSON

They certainly suggest an agency that is very, very committed to improving highway safety.
RAE TYSON

Just because it's small doesn't mean it can't meet the standard.
RAE TYSON

(Car and truck drivers) have had all winter to forget about motorcycles.
RAE TYSON

We are seeing lot of new lighting innovations; some of them are allowed and some not. My understandi...
RAE TYSON

The privacy issue permeates this whole rule-making issue.
RAE TYSON

There are certain types of crashes where SUVs may provide you with some type of protection but you h...
RAE TYSON

We have a total of 428 complaints, but no crashes or injuries.
RAE TYSON

We have a total of 428 complaints, but no crashes or injuries,
RAE TYSON

I think there is a segment of the buying public that may be buying them with the false impression th...
RAE TYSON

We don't care how they get there as long as they get there.
RAE TYSON

We intend to keep the investigation open. We need to make sure the recall has addressed the total pr...
RAE TYSON

I believe that some in the advocacy community are overlooking that the most obvious way to reduce in...
RAE TYSON

Quite frankly, the scores are continuing to the point where it's rare for a vehicle not to get a fou...
RAE TYSON

We felt this was large enough to send a message.
RAE TYSON

We do have a lot more complaint now than we did a month ago. We are looking into the Jeep Grand Cher...
RAE TYSON

We will be seeking additional information from the manufacturer before we go any further.
RAE TYSON

We felt there was sufficient cause to opening an investigation [after getting complaints from] priva...
RAE TYSON

We just thought we should get the word out there in the meantime.
RAE TYSON

We're satisfied that their remedy is going to take care of the problem,
RAE TYSON

We're satisfied that what they're proposing to do will take care of the problem.
RAE TYSON

Bendix has done everything by the book. They notified us the way they should. They came in and met u...
RAE TYSON

It's the cognitive distraction of the conversation that causes problems.
RAE TYSON

The beauty of the current approach to school bus safety ... is that it doesn't require kids to do an...
RAE TYSON

I do switch it off. It's important to switch it off.
ALAN RAE

Mainstream media has convinced people that black people aren't relatable. So when a Jewish perso...
ISSA RAE

I think my greatest chance for success will come in the country music arena. That's what I was raise...
MANDY RAE

They will be people who can afford to eat out a lot.
ANGELA RAE

The more formal structure gives the city a level of confidence-a way to professionally channel tax d...
ANGELA RAE

If they are friendly to van pool and car pool parking and pedestrians, with a bus stop nearby, then ...
ANGELA RAE

Telling everybody, 'Oh, my boyfriend and I went to …' is a no-no. It's ridiculous. You skipped wor...
RAE PEARSON

You don't know how I feel about you, but you know that I do. I from. I feel about you. Knowing that ...
KAYLA RAE

We are nothing alike, but exactly the same.
KAYLA RAE

The roof crush standard is a proposal and we'll certainly take all comments into account when we wri...
RAE TYSON

You go on saying we're the same mind split perfectly in two. You go on saying we're practically join...
KAYLA RAE

No. The hardest word to say.
KAYLA RAE

We cry. We cry when we reach happiness, anger, sadness, all emotions.
KAYLA RAE

Another man's heart is full of hardships. Mine is easier. So is yours. With knowledge I see that onl...
KAYLA RAE

I change hearts now and then. Absorbing the life of another man. That is my peek reasoning and when ...
KAYLA RAE

It is expression that leads to modification. It is keeping it all inside that leads to frustration. ...
KAYLA RAE

She is saddest when she smiles; happiest when she cries.
KAYLA RAE

You can that one man insult you and hurt you and you can let that dwell in your mind forever or you ...
KAYLA RAE

I'll hear his words and wonder what inspired him to say, but never does her share. I ask and ask, bu...
KAYLA RAE

Philosophy; my favorite word. We all have our own buried inside and it only takes a moment to find.
KAYLA RAE

Don't you sit and wonder why a word is spoken? Don't you sit and ask why something is that way? Don'...
KAYLA RAE

The strength of just one good, love, is far stronger than that of all the evils bound together.
KAYLA RAE

Do you ever think about sorrow and joy? Do you picture the two, side by side? Do you guess and figur...
KAYLA RAE

I'm really close to the cliff, but I know there's someone closer to falling over the edge.
KAYLA RAE

I wake up and start to cry, no mater who is there to see. I think of love, the lost and the found, a...
KAYLA RAE

I roll into pure thought and sit and sulk at the wall. Tears don't, usually, come pouring from my ey...
KAYLA RAE

None of us FAIL, but many of us DON'T SUCCEED. The two are completely different. If you try, which a...
KAYLA RAE

You see the night sky and billions of stars stare down at you. In their eyes there are billions of p...
KAYLA RAE

If you're are reading this and you love someone who's not yet yours, then get up and chase after the...
KAYLA RAE

When a man chooses to be solemn, do not tell them to afraid, allow to be prosperous.
KAYLA RAE

Every dream starts off small. You might throw wads of paper into a trashcan or sing songs to your fa...
KAYLA RAE

I've cried talking to you... over the phone. You say you hated it, but will you ever see me cry wher...
KAYLA RAE

I hate it when something is undone. When a bond or strength is broken. When it all unwinds. When eve...
KAYLA RAE

If there's something you need to say, just say it. If it all goes wrong, it will all blow over and s...
KAYLA RAE

You will love someone and not let go. They might not ever notice you. And even you finally come toge...
KAYLA RAE

Jealousy. So strong. So powerful. But so hard to control. It will eat away at your mind. Destroy you...
KAYLA RAE

Pain is just fighting to get back what just was broken.
KAYLA RAE

If I were to say, "I love you." what would you do? Probably go squeal in your bedroom or burst the n...
KAYLA RAE

I cry when I think of you....... Doesn't that seem like the sweetest thing in the whole world; to he...
KAYLA RAE

What brings you knowledge, strength, experience, brings you success.
KAYLA RAE

Yes. We say, but don't live up to it.
KAYLA RAE

A perfect life isn't the mastery of it, but making mistakes and moving on.
KAYLA RAE

Eyes are there not only to see what's visual for all else, but to see beyond the walls in the maze o...
KAYLA RAE

Share you wit for nothing bad will come; share your will for nothing good will come.
KAYLA RAE

The rarest thing you'll ever see is exactly what I'm doing right now.
KAYLA RAE

But he had eloquence and charm, as well as a cutting intellect that made his views and perspectives...
BOB RAE

One thing I have learned from many years of watching my father is that some people, the best ones, a...
RAE CARSON

I didn't think we were going to win.
[after winning the Ontario Provincial election 1980]
BOB RAE

Men. And their no-good, fool-headed proposals.
RAE CARSON

It really was a surreal thing. We just couldn't believe it.
DAVID RAE

Unless you can't talk, all of your fingers are broken or you're in a coma somewhere, you should be a...
RAE PEARSON

So far it feels good to be ahead. I'm cautiously optimistic.
RAE WATERS

Men can be relentless," she agrees, "when they think a woman belongs to them.
RAE CARSON

No matter what, you want to be courteous. Of course, most employers want to discourage abusing sick ...
RAE PEARSON

Run, sweetheart, run.
RAE HACHTON

I haven't done any major fund-raising efforts. It's a local election. It should be grass roots.
RAE WATERS

That's the feedback we've been getting.
DAVID RAE

When their mouths collided, the earth shifted, and she felt like she was coming face-to-face with de...
RAE ELLE

We commend Ford for stepping up, being very cooperative and voluntarily recalling these vehicles, .....
RAE TYSON

I've been dying for this day to come, but now that is has past and I've said what I wanted to I will...
KAYLA RAE

"The biggest mistake is throwing them all away..." People throw away all their F's and keep all thei...
KAYLA RAE

We all feel pain in some way. Some of us only emotionally, while others in every way. We all treat i...
KAYLA RAE

It just doesn't make sense to us to address one safety problem and along the way create a new one.
RAE TYSON

Congress has given us the authority to set safety standards. We're merely restating our authority. W...
RAE TYSON

We have no comment on it until we're ready to release it. It's still a fluid process at this point. ...
RAE TYSON

The results are remarkably similar that when you repeal a helmet law, you can expect an increase in ...
RAE TYSON

We evaluate a particular problem and set a standard,
RAE TYSON

The investigation will continue, ... We still need to determine the root cause of the problem.
RAE TYSON

We have not determined whether or not there is a defect in the first place,
RAE TYSON

And it just doesn't make sense that if we are setting standards to have a court say that a manufactu...
RAE TYSON

For me, this is a great opportunity to serve and ultimately it will be a decision of the delegates o...
BOB RAE

I didn't think we were going to win.[after winning the Ontario Provincial election 1980]
BOB RAE

We all have three sides. We show one when we're with our friends and another when around our family....
KAYLA RAE

Who I was was not acceptable to black L.A. youth: the way I spoke and my sense of humor. Everybody e...
ISSA RAE

Not everyone knows how to be a good parent. Not everyone knows the right things to do or the right t...
LETICIA RAE

Sometimes it's best to let your opponent think he has control.
RAE CARSON

And it makes you think. Even things that have been the same for years and years can change. Maybe I ...
RAE EARL

False hope is a terrible thing, if its the only thing keeping you alive you'll be dead by dawn.
CHARLIE RAE

Velvet is huge this fall season.
KELLY RAE

Action is a powerful thing. When you smile through your sadness, it can completely change your outlo...
LETICIA RAE

Given a choice between my life and yours, I will choose mine. Every time. Without hesitation.
RAE CARSON

Every black film feels like it's Tyler Perry, and that just needs to stop. But people seem to sl...
ISSA RAE

Sometimes, you know, I just want to curl up and see if anyone notices I’m not there.
But I kn...
RAE EARL

If you are slightly different, if your face doesn’t fit, they judge you and consign you and throw ...
RAE EARL

I wish I was Rapunzel
Letting down her hair
But at the bottom of my tower
There's no...
RAE EARL

You Just scared me half to death," I said.

"You should be thrilled you're halfway there.
RAE HACHTON

You can take wonderfully talented actors, wonderfully talented writers and producers, and, uh, do a wonderful show!... but if it doesn't hit with the public in two minutes, it's bye-bye.

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You can take wonderfully talented actors, wonderfully talented writers and producers, and, uh, do a wonderful show!... but if it doesn't hit with the public in two minutes, it's bye-bye.

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