Opal Tometi Quotes
Due to broken windows policing, the following interactions can lead to tickets, arrests and summonses, warrants if tickets go unpaid and, in some cases, violence: jaywalking, sleeping on a park bench, spitting, putting your feet up on the subway, and more.
Quotes to Explore
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I cannot determine what people or nations should do, but I do think that extremism gives birth to following and subsequent extremism.
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Every time you work, you have to do it all over again, to rid yourself of this dross. I suppose for a person who is not an artist or not attempting art, it is not dross, because it is the common exchange of everyday life.
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I spent half my life being hurt. The leftovers of hurt are an automatic gesture, like a dog that salivates.
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There is always the fear of failure, and if you struggle, you become nervous, and that's when the underdogs have an opportunity to create a surprise.
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The goal in life is to be solid, whereas the way that life works is totally fluid, so you can never actually achieve that goal.
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I don't like controversy.
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The heroes of 'Narcos' are the Colombian people who fought and decided to do something about the horrible narco-terrorism that took place in their country back in the '80s.
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I grew up on Marvel and, like, '2000 AD.'
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This is the heart of my argument: We can put more pressure on the antagonist for whom we show human concern.
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All too often, the pitchmen are selling the notion that if you gain 'control' over your financial destiny - pick your own stocks and execute your own trades - it will be the first step on a short road to riches.
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Before every show, we get into a circle, hold hands, and someone makes a speech. Most bands are too cool for that.
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Hollywood would make a holocaust an animated comedy if people would pay to see it; they don't care... they just want your money.
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You know, I had the music baskets and the writing basket. And I had the acting. And those eggs just hatched first, and the others were slow to incubate.
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I don't accept gifts from perfect strangers - but then, nobody's perfect.
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We are the recipients of scientific method. We can each be a creative and active part of it if we so desire.
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Every Jew is my brother, and I will not succumb to hate speech.
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We would like to make it quite clear that we are not migrants into the U.K. But we are the citizens of a state that belongs to the European Union who can take jobs anywhere freely within the European Union.
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I believe we are our own inner hand - the godly power resides within each of us to create the lives we desire - no matter what the challenges!
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I think I'm an American writer writing about Latin America, and I'm a Latin American writer who happens to write in English.
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And this one I wanted to do some covers. So I just really sang some of my favorite songs.
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Knowing is the same thing as the inner voice.
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Do not anticipate trouble, or worry about what may never happen. Keep in the sunlight.
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I grew up in New York, I love New York.
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Due to broken windows policing, the following interactions can lead to tickets, arrests and summonses, warrants if tickets go unpaid and, in some cases, violence: jaywalking, sleeping on a park bench, spitting, putting your feet up on the subway, and more.
