The photographer begins to feel big and bloated and so big he can't walk through one of these do...
GORDON PARKS Many times I wondered whether my achievement was worth the loneliness I experienced, but now I re...
GORDON PARKS I bought my first camera in Seattle, Washington. Only paid about seven dollars and fifty cents for i...
GORDON PARKS I was there less than a year before I was assigned to the Paris bureau. I spent two years there and,...
GORDON PARKS I've been with Life now for seventeen years and I have written several articles for them and wil...
GORDON PARKS But I do feel a little teeny right now that I'm just about ready to start, and winter is enterin...
GORDON PARKS And I think that after nearly 85 years upon this planet that I have a right after working so hard at...
GORDON PARKS The guy who takes a chance, who walks the line between the known and unknown, who is unafraid of fai...
GORDON PARKS Enthusiasm is the electricity of life. How do you get it? You act enthusiastic until you make it a h...
GORDON PARKS The man at Kodak told me the shots were very good and if I kept it up, they would give me an exhibit...
GORDON PARKS I'd become sort of involved in things that were happening to people. No matter what color they b...
GORDON PARKS You know, the camera is not meant just to show misery. You can show things that you like about the u...
GORDON PARKS I don't try to make the first move; I always wait for them to make it. He was trying to go for my le...
GORDON PARKS A Hungry Heart
GORDON PARKS Success can be wracking and reproachful, to you and those close to you. It can entangle you with leg...
GORDON PARKS Many times I wondered whether my achievement was worth the loneliness I experienced, but now I reali...
GORDON PARKS I want to go home. They're waiting for me there.
GORDON PARKS I have a strange feeling back here, ... I can't explain it. It's a strange mixture of the tragedies ...
GORDON PARKS Nothing came easy. I was just born with a need to explore every tool shop of my mind, and with long ...
GORDON PARKS I suffered evils, but without allowing them to rob me of the freedom to expand.
GORDON PARKS But I was very disappointed that I didn't get a chance to go overseas with that group, might not...
GORDON PARKS The subject matter is so much more important than the photographer.
GORDON PARKS There's another horizon out there, one more horizon that you have to make for yourself and let o...
GORDON PARKS At first I wasn't sure that I had the talent, but I did know I had a fear of failure, and that f...
GORDON PARKS And now, I feel at 85, I really feel that I'm just ready to start.
GORDON PARKS Washington, D.C. in 1942 was not the easiest place in the world for a Negro to get along.
GORDON PARKS So I went to Chicago in 1940, I think, '41, and the photographs that I made there, aside from fa...
GORDON PARKS I think maybe the rural influence in my life helped me in a sense, of knowing how to get close to pe...
GORDON PARKS People in millenniums ahead will know what we were like in the 1930's and the thing that, the im...
GORDON PARKS People always say that I didn't give up my seat because I was tired, but that isn't true. I ...
ROSA PARKS Racism is still with us. But it is up to us to prepare our children for what they have to meet, and,...
ROSA PARKS I have never been what you would call just an integrationist. I know I've been called that... In...
ROSA PARKS It was not pre-arranged. It just happened that the driver made a demand and I just didn't feel l...
ROSA PARKS Why do you all push us around?
ROSA PARKS My only concern was to get home after a hard day's work.
ROSA PARKS Let us look at Jim Crow for the criminal he is and what he has done to one life multiplied millions ...
ROSA PARKS I don't think well of people who are prejudiced against people because of race. The only way for...
ROSA PARKS I have been refused entrance on the buses because I would not pay my fare at the front and go around...
ROSA PARKS As far back as I can remember, I knew there was something wrong with our way of life when people cou...
ROSA PARKS I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing wha...
ROSA PARKS God has always given me the strength to say what is right.
ROSA PARKS I'm tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
ROSA PARKS Make good habits and they will make you.
PARKS COUSINS How things look on the outside of us depends on how things are on the inside of us.
PARKS COUSINS Whites would accuse you of causing trouble when all you were doing was acting like a normal human be...
ROSA PARKS You spend your whole lifetime in your occupation, actually making life clever, easy and convenient f...
ROSA PARKS The Rosa and Raymond Parks Institute accepts people of any race. We don't discriminate against a...
ROSA PARKS There is just so much hurt, disappointment, and oppression one can take... The line between reason a...
ROSA PARKS I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... so other people would be also fre...
ROSA PARKS I had felt for a long time that, if I was ever told to get up so a white person could sit, that I wo...
ROSA PARKS I don't think we're going to have an option.
BERNARD PARKS It's the timing, closeness and proximity,
BERNARD PARKS Not all the speculation by friends, relatives, prior employees that have some judgment about individ...
BERNARD PARKS Having known Mr. Patton for a number of years personally, it was a shock to me to find this incident...
BERNARD PARKS We've had many times when a judge makes decisions that are inaccurate, and that's why we have an app...
BERNARD PARKS The NFL is going to have a say on who's going to come here. The Coliseum has no role in selecting a ...
BERNARD PARKS We have taken since September to this date to investigate what Perez has said he has done as an offi...
BERNARD PARKS We have to be in a situation that understands the importance of some of this evidence, ... There may...
BERNARD PARKS We're just pleased that he did not carry out a more spectacular plan,
BERNARD PARKS Time begins the healing process of wounds cut deeply by oppression. We soothe ourselves with the sal...
ROSA PARKS I was born 50 years after slavery, in 1913. I was allowed to read. My mother, who was a teacher, tau...
ROSA PARKS At the time I was arrested I had no idea it would turn into this. It was just a day like any other d...
ROSA PARKS The band was an extracurricular activity. But Earl had the ability to encourage people and push them...
BOB PARKS I was so happy to meet an upbeat, understanding person such as Earl Mays because in the time I was a...
BOB PARKS If this settles the issue and allows us to move on with our business, then that's what I'm going to ...
BOB PARKS This has become almost surreal. I don't think I'd be much of a person if I allowed one special-inter...
BOB PARKS That's raised his stock in my eyes.
BOB PARKS The concept really is driven by need and our need to attract teachers. If we employ about 2,400 new ...
BOB PARKS A lot of makers and inventors are really proud of their barbecue-powered pool heater, or whatever it...
BOB PARKS When I read in the newspaper that he was going to Jacksonville, I'd have preferred that he at least ...
BOB PARKS The only tired I was, was tired of giving in.
ROSA PARKS Whatever my individual desires were to be free, I was not alone. There were many others who felt the...
ROSA PARKS Our mistreatment was just not right, and I was tired of it.
ROSA PARKS My only concern was to get home after a hard day's work.
ROSA PARKS Memories of our lives, of our works and our deeds will continue in others.
ROSA PARKS It was not pre-arranged. It just happened that the driver made and demand and I just didn't feel lik...
ROSA PARKS I would like to be known as a person who is concerned about freedom and equality and justice and pro...
ROSA PARKS I knew someone had to take the first step and I made up my mind not to move.
ROSA PARKS I have learned over the years that when one's mind is made up, this diminishes fear; knowing what mu...
ROSA PARKS I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better da...
ROSA PARKS Have you ever been hurt and the place tries to heal a bit, and you just pull the scar off of it over...
ROSA PARKS Each person must live their life as a model for others.
ROSA PARKS It's very sad, very sad, ... He was just as close to me as if he was my own grandson, and I felt tha...
ROSA PARKS In it not easy to remain rational and normal mentally in such a setting where, even in our airport i...
ROSA PARKS [Superior Court Judge Bernard J. Schwartz described Parks' relationship as] schoolgirl infatuation ....
CAROL PARKS Money is available to but people are not applying. We urge people who are eligible to apply now and ...
WENDY PARKS Terence was one of the people I was listening to a lot back then. After I worked with him, I thought...
AARON PARKS He seems enthusiastic about us as instrumentalists and composers. He likes what we do, so he says he...
AARON PARKS I talked and talked of everything I know about the white man's inhuman treatment of the Negro.
ROSA PARKS No,
ROSA PARKS I didn't want to. I didn't think I should have to. I didn't feel that it was the right thing for us ...
ROSA PARKS You may do that,
ROSA PARKS It's very sad, very sad,
ROSA PARKS I heard that she sat down on the bus. That is all that I know. They don't tell you too much about th...
ROSA PARKS People are exploiting it, ... We are very concerned about that.
ROSA PARKS I'm tired of being treated like a second-class citizen.
ROSA PARKS failing to obey the order of bus driver.
ROSA PARKS I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free... and other people would be also fr...
ROSA PARKS I do the very best I can to look upon life with optimism and hope and looking forward to a better da...
ROSA PARKS I only knew that [as] I was being arrested it was the last time I would ever ride in humiliation of ...
ROSA PARKS Mother Parks, take your rest.
ROSA PARKS so that the citizens of the United States may pay their last respects to this great American.
ROSA PARKS Victory or defeat? It is the slogan of all-powerful militarism in every belligerent nation. And yet,...
ROSA PARKS Her act of civil disobedience, for which she was willing to pay the price to end the rein of terror,...
ROSA PARKS She put out a persona that wasn't really her. Once I found out who she really was, I found out she w...
SINGIN PARKS [The prosecutor played recorded telephone conversations between the couple in which Parks expressed ...
CAROL PARKS They're winners, everyone!
BERT PARKS The results in this department reflects a high level of officer enthusiasm to do their job, and that...
BERNARD PARKS there are very few clues ...
BERNARD PARKS We can't ignore that the federal government, the FBI, is certainly going to have a role in this,
BERNARD PARKS We file thousands of cases a year as a police agency, ... We know what the criteria is to file a cas...
BERNARD PARKS We need the federal government because of a couple of issues, ... We believe that there may be issue...
BERNARD PARKS We look forward to this partnership, to get to the bottom of, to resolve this scandal,
BERNARD PARKS I think it's been really successful. You can just tell a lot of kids are really responding.
ASHLEY PARKS I was always a freak about nature when it came to animals.
ASHLEY PARKS A lot of people do it on their own because the prices are kind of expensive, like, $50 to get a pier...
AMANDA PARKS A lot of people do it on their own because the prices are kind of expensive, like $50 to get a pierc...
AMANDA PARKS It has a lace cap bloom that is not terribly impressive to me. I am waiting to see if the fall color...
LES PARKS I was just trying to let them know how I felt about being treated as a human being,
ROSA PARKS the real reason of my not standing up was I felt that I had a right to be treated as any other passe...
ROSA PARKS At the time I was arrested I had no idea it would turn into this, ... It was just a day like any oth...
ROSA PARKS Folks need to learn to keep their engine shrouds clean.
MIKE PARKS The buzzword in the industry is that average recommendations for average conditions provide average ...
SID PARKS You treated her with deference because she was so quiet, so serene -- just a very special person,
ROSA PARKS Playboy is an American icon and I am so excited to have been chosen as one of the models for this fe...
RACHEL PARKS He pointed at me and said, 'that one won't stand up.' The two policemen came near me and only one sp...
ROSA PARKS When they stood up and I stayed where I was, he asked me if I was going to stand and I told him that...
ROSA PARKS The Rosa Parks Story.
ROSA PARKS The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
ROSA PARKS was that I was a person with dignity and self-respect, and I should not set my sights lower than any...
ROSA PARKS As far as (South African) President Mandela is concerned, it is immaterial whether the bombing is re...
PARKS MANKAHLANA I presented a gift card and was (later) informed it had been significantly reduced due to different ...
DAVID PARKS We used tie wraps around his wrists and legs.
KEN PARKS Dreaming is what you do when your eyes are closed...living is what you do with that dream once you o...
NATHAN PARKS We are working extremely hard to contact our customers to work with them to avoid disconnection. We'...
WENDY PARKS We are looking at well over 56,000 customers who are in danger of disconnection. However, the good n...
WENDY PARKS Today, most people tend to judge others more physically than mentally.
RICK PARKS When death finds you at gunpoint, you should know when you shall leave.
RICK PARKS The political culture in Arizona is vastly different from New York State. Arizona government is hone...
BILL PARKS Nowadays you have to worry about your children constantly each day, wherever they go. It is a crap s...
BILL PARKS We forgot how we got to that point. We're disappointed, we thought we had a chance to scratch one ou...
BILL PARKS Someone once told me it doesn't hurt to be nice to people and you've certainly proven that is true.
BILL PARKS He doesn't tell people how to play. Silence is a good thing. If he's happy, he doesn't say much.
AARON PARKS All I was doing was trying to get home from work.
ROSA PARKS The only tired I was, was tired of giving in,
ROSA PARKS she stood up by sitting down. I'm only standing here because of her.
ROSA PARKS I don't understand the rationale used in your March review of the best ISPs. What a nightmare! I hav...
DAVID PARKS Photojournalism provokes conversation and thought, which all good journalism should do. The exhibiti...
MICHAEL PARKS There's no actions taken on the letters whatsoever,
CAROL PARKS I think their patience had an effect on us not shooting the ball very well, because we didn't have t...
DENNY PARKS They're an impressive team, especially on the defensive side. They played a lot harder than we did, ...
DENNY PARKS I wanted us to play hard for 32 minutes. I thought except for that little three-minute stretch in th...
DENNY PARKS It was a little bit of a dagger. But, it could have gone the other way and not counted. It was right...
DENNY PARKS What we're doing now wouldn't hold up in court.
BUDDY PARKS Boca Raton leads the state of Florida in its provision of outdoor green space to its residents. We w...
BUDDY PARKS We will surely work with them to provide some linear areas for botanical gardens along trails and bi...
BUDDY PARKS He started doing one thing and seeing things were getting better. He was able to be in touch with a ...
CHARLES PARKS He certainly would have felt it was an honor to have his final service in a church he couldn't have ...
CHARLES PARKS The biggest thing is the architect didn't have a contractor involved on the project from the beginni...
DAVID PARKS I call the entire report into question.
DAVID PARKS [And this past Christmas, a friend of Parks' tried to use one at a food establishment.] He presented...
DAVID PARKS a single question loomed large, dwarfing every fear of death or wounds: What will battle really be l...
DAVID PARKS You will only have copyright in a society that places a very high value on the individual, the indiv...
TIM PARKS I really believe God has anointed me to have these talents so one day I'll be able to touch people a...
GEORGE PARKS I owe this all to Mr. Harris; he's the man. If it weren't for him I wouldn't be here.
GEORGE PARKS We didn't have the energy to stay in it.
GEORGE PARKS Come to the meeting with an open mind. Listen to what is being said, even if you don't believe. Just...
GEORGE PARKS We talk about buying food and cooking on a limited income.
JANICE PARKS Over the stove, we share personal family history. Where did your grandparents come from? What did yo...
JANICE PARKS For us, it's all about the next generation. This is about a sense of community.
JANICE PARKS I learned to put my trust in God and to see Him as my strength. Long ago I set my mind to be a free ...
ROSA PARKS What I’m suggesting then is that much of our response to novels may have to do with the kind of �...
TIM PARKS Getting your first review is like getting your teeth whitened. You hope it doesn’t hurt as much as...
KATHY PARKS Getting your first review is like getting your teeth whitened. You hope it doesn’t hurt as much as...
KATHY PARKS We look at what strengths the kids do have and try to build on those assets. And most importantly te...
MARK PARKS I along with many others really question the way they've packaged the field house with the technolog...
LARRY PARKS If there's no contamination now, that doesn't mean that later some won't push up somewhere. It's imp...
LARRY PARKS I wouldn't want anybody to go through this once, much less twice. But she's had this heart for 10 ye...
LARRY PARKS [5. In his essay] Can Gold Producers Survive By Promoting Jewelry?, ... At the end of the day, to re...
LARRY PARKS Hopefully, it's not packed with people and homes with small lots. I'd like to see a lot of residenti...
LARRY PARKS My customers who arrange flowers are fond of this because green flowers are trendy right now.
LES PARKS I was running on Saturday, the day after he passed away, and I went by a corner where we frequently ...
MARSHALL PARKS What we hope to do in these kind of situations is agree on a separation agreement. We did something ...
MARSHALL PARKS I had conversations with the entire (women's basketball) staff today, and it was basically to try an...
MARSHALL PARKS This course will be a pleasant surprise to everyone.
MIKE PARKS We are pleased to have Gary Shapiro present our Luncheon Keynote. The issue of digital rights is tru...
TRICIA PARKS My plays aren't stylistically the same. Just being an African-American woman playwright on Broad...
SUZAN-LORI PARKS I love beautiful black-and-white movies - anything Bette Davis, especially 'Now', 'Voyag...
SUZAN-LORI PARKS The writing of 'Topdog' was a great gift. I feel the play came to me because I realized that...
SUZAN-LORI PARKS It can not be done; it shall not be done! I speak for the great masses of the Mississippi Valley, an...
RICHARD PARKS BLAND My plays are for the kind of black people who relate to funk music, to Parliament-Funkadelic. When t...
SUZAN-LORI PARKS I don't read reviews. I refuse to have my ego inflated or deflated by someone I don't know.
SUZAN-LORI PARKS I love my lecture tours. I get up onstage. I have my stack of books and a glass of water and a micro...
SUZAN-LORI PARKS Being a playwright of any race is difficult, and Lord knows it gets more difficult the further you g...
SUZAN-LORI PARKS One could get locked in by the Pulitzer, thinking, 'This is who I am.' Doors open with it, b...
SUZAN-LORI PARKS The aristocracy of Western Europe has absolutely tabooed silver in those countries and driven it awa...
RICHARD PARKS BLAND It is because the administration is hostile to silver; and thus it is surrendering this country to t...
RICHARD PARKS BLAND Someone yelled at me once, 'You never write about yourself.' People used to get so mad at me...
SUZAN-LORI PARKS Any political party that undertakes to do it will, in God's name, be trampled, as it ought to be...
RICHARD PARKS BLAND And as you walk yr road, as you live yr life, RELISH THE ROAD. And relish the fact that the road of ...
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