Cicely Tyson quotes

Cicely Tyson was an acclaimed American actress and fashion model, celebrated for her powerful portrayals of strong African-American women. Her groundbreaking performances in film, television, and theater earned her countless awards and admiration. She inspired generations with her dignity, resilience, and dedication to representing her community. Here are 15 of her quotes:

You never know what motivates you. (Cicely Tyson)
I think when you begin to think of yourself as having achieved something, then there's nothing left for you to work towards. I want to believe that there is a mountain so high that I will spend my entire life striving to reach the top of it. View quote
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Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. View quote
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Challenges make you discover things about yourself that you never really knew. They're what make the instrument stretch - what make you go beyond the norm. View quote
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I don't condemn anyone for making their choices. If someone chooses those roles, fine. But not for me. When someone stops me and says, You're the reason I became an actress, that lets me know I made the right decision. View quote
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I was in California when this journalist made a blanket statement about the fact that she did not think that black men and women had the kind of love relationship that Rebecca and Nathan had in Sounder. View quote
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Age is just a number. Life and aging are the greatest gifts that we could possibly ever have. View quote
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I am not a quitter. I will fight until I drop. It is just a matter of having some faith in the fact that as long as you are able to draw breath in the universe, you have a chance. View quote
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One of the things I have always said about the man-woman relationship is that I don't want anybody to walk ahead of me and I don't want anybody to walk behind me. I want a man who will walk along beside me. And that's how I feel about equal rights. View quote
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When I told my mother that I wanted to be an actress, she said, you can't live here and do that, and so I moved out. I was determined to prove her wrong because she was so sure that I was going to go astray. And that's the juice that kept me going. View quote
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When I attack a role, be it TV, film or stage, the first thing I say is, I don't want to know anything. If it's good I don't want to hear it; if it's bad I don't want to hear it. The only thing either thing can do is distract me. I like to stay focused. (Cicely Tyson)
We have to support our own films. If we don't, how can we expect others to support them? View quote
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Ali... we should have gone to see that movie. Malcolm X was another one. View quote
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The truth is, I've always been quietly proud of my real age. Why wouldn't I want to celebrate every crease in my brow, all that hard-earned wisdom that lives between the folds? If my first manager, Warren Coleman, hadn't been so insistent that I age myself down-he feared, and perhaps rightfully so, that an industry rife with female age discrimination would count me out of a lot of roles-I may have just omitted my age, rather than changing it. It's nobody's business. But when the Kennedy Center honor came around, I felt it was important to set the public record straight. Months before I learned I was to receive the award, I'd celebrated my ninetieth birthday. During the press blitzkrieg surrounding the Kennedy Center ceremony, I spoke that number aloud with nary a quake in my voice. "When were you born?" one reporter asked me. "December 19, 1924," I answered. For me, it was not a matter to be ashamed of. It was a journey to delight in. View quote
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I wish people knew the Miles Davis that I knew. Really. Because you can walk into a bookstore and you see reams of books about Miles Davis. And few people who wrote those books know him. The Miles Davis that I know and knew is not the Miles Davis that you'll read about in those books. I had the good fortune to be close enough to him to have him reveal himself to me the first moment we met. It is the Miles Davis that kept me with him as long as it did. Not only was he brilliantly talented, he was brilliantly sensitive. And that is the Miles Davis that people ... don't know that he was trying to protect. View quote
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Occupation: American Actress
Born: December 19, 1924
Died: January 28, 2021
Quotes count: 15
Wikipedia: Cicely Tyson

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