Opal Tometi Quotes
Get involved in your neighborhood. That's how I got really, really committed to the immigrant rights movement.
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In terms of achievement, the pride is very important to me. It keeps me going every day. The money is always second to me.
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Women are, in general, less shallow visually. If their man gains 10, 20 pounds, they don't care as much. But I've been with women over the years when my weight fluctuated, and they're definitely more interested physically when I am in really great shape.
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The true Tarot is symbolism; it speaks no other language and offers no other signs.
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I think a lot of us feel the need to always be connected, and finding time to relax and sometimes play is something that I think we all need to make more time for, especially me.
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Those who go along get along.
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I'd be lying if I said I never think about my female fans in certain shots and certain scenes. Like, when I'm topless, I might think: 'This one is for the ladies.'
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I lie, I cheat, and I steal.
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I mix things from my Somali culture and my American side.
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I don't think I've ever watched a movie to prepare for a role.
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Social Security not only helps Americans enjoy a secure retirement, it has also kept millions of Americans out of poverty.
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I'm a big fan of Georges St-Pierre.
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I would have voted 'no' on the Iraq war and 'yes' to Afghanistan.
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Orson Welles's second 'I-did-it' should show once and for all that film making, radio and the stage are three different guys better kept separated. 'The Magnificent Ambersons' is one of those versions of the richest family in town during the good old days.
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People forget that writers start off being readers. We all love it when we find a terrific read, and we want to let people know about it.
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These people are amazing. It's so emotional I was thinking about wearing waterproof mascara.
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My inclination is to whip the rebellion into submission, preserving all Constitutional rights. If it cannot be whipped any other way than through a war against slavery, let it come to to that legitimately. If it is necessary that slavery should fall that the Republic may continue its existence, let slavery go.
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Around them the gawping locals sat, amazed with an amazement that never grew less…
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Dialogue should simply be a sound among other sounds, just something that comes out of the mouths of people whose eyes tell the story in visual terms.
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I'm a stand-up. And no one on the circuit's terribly impressed if you're on TV. I suppose I've stolen my ethos from Jay Leno. You can do all the TV in the world, but that's a team game, and anyone can be dropped from the squad. And if you haven't gigged in a while, you're not firing, you're not match fit. So I try and do it whenever I can.
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I do think that when you go into red states, they're - so-called red states - I think they're troubled with certain excesses with respect to the Patriot Act, but they're also concerned with making sure we're secure against terrorism.
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Russia is the biggest country in the world. It would be very difficult to surround it, and the world is changing so fast that it would basically be impossible, even in theory.
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I'd rather miss one or two games than to come back and pop it and miss four or five.
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Get involved in your neighborhood. That's how I got really, really committed to the immigrant rights movement.
