Opal Tometi Quotes
We actually know that all lives do matter. And we believe it is so much so that we had to create Black Lives Matter.
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For 120 minutes, 'Birdman' floats from comedy to surrealism to high drama to quiet brilliance. I felt so inspired by watching this movie. It reaches for the sky and never comes back down to earth.
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Imagination will often carry us to worlds that never were. But without it we go nowhere.
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It's remarkable what a new kidney does to your life. I have no complaints... I'm pretty amazed. I have been working on my stamina.
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We have one of our priests in prison right now, Steve Kelly, for his antiwar actions, and three of us in the community are forbidden to visit him because we're all convicted felons.
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The thing I love about vampires that I find so fascinating is that, unlike other sci-fi creations, they aren't monsters from the get-go, they're human beings first... and so what kind of human you are would dictate what kind of vampire you would be.
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I had one girl tell me last night that I'm the greatest thing ever, that she wants to aspire to be me. Just stuff like, 'You're my idol. I love you.' It's awesome. It's what it's all about.
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I'd never written a novel before, and I wrote a novel, and that turned out OK.
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I would rather lose a good earring than be caught without make-up.
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If I go out there and am myself, and I do what makes me comfortable and what I think is true to my artistry, and they don't like it, then that's fine. I walk off stage, and I know there's nothing there's nothing I could have done differently.
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Urban conservationists may feel entitled to be unconcerned about food production because they are not farmers. But they can't be let off so easily, for they are all farming by proxy.
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Even among those who I would not count as 'friends,' I have met many people online who have simply commented on my work or are interested by what I do.
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I don't like to take a lot of stuff since I'm really sensitive to medications.
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They give birth astride of a grave, the light gleams an instant, then it's night once more.
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You have to love your body, respect it, and treat it well.
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To all my people back in Nashville who have been there from the start, you put your faith in me. You were there for the long haul.
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French people are never happy with what they have. They're always complaining. They're happy when they're complaining.
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Often, as a young actress, you find yourself being the only girl in a room full of men... and one of the reasons why I like 'Grey's Anatomy' is because they have such strong female characters and the women really drive this show.
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He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man.
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My family and I have a little joke that if I'm feeling particularly blue, and nobody cares about me, I should just go to the airport! That is where I am most recognized.
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Overall, working with 50 Cent was one of my favourite moments. I grew up, like most of us did, listening to his music and loving him as an artist, so to be able to work with him as an actor was definitely something that was so exciting.
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It is infinitely better to have a few good men than many indifferent ones.
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If you have the guts to do anything,then you better save enough to face the consequences. Becoming bigger than life requires guts & instinct.
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We actually know that all lives do matter. And we believe it is so much so that we had to create Black Lives Matter.
