Opal Tometi Quotes
My parents being from Nigeria deeply informs all my social justice and human rights work.
Opal Tometi
Quotes to Explore
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The contributions of African Americans, Native Americans, and immigrants throughout our nation's history are undeniable, but the tendency to overlook their gallant efforts is pervasive and persistent.
Tammy Duckworth
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It was kind of easier for me to do records that didn't take a year or two years of my life to write and to make.
K. D. Lang
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To be honest, I think, for me, the power is always with art. The art world clearly couldn't happen without art.
Hans-Ulrich Obrist
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I really want to have actors contribute their own ideas, with phrasings and ideas on all levels.
Lasse Hallstrom
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At a young age, I had to give up a lot of things, like being able to hang out with my friends.
Victoria Justice
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When my lady and I sit down and watch TV, I find she gets annoyed at characters because they don't do what she would do in the situation. I'm always like, 'Well, she has to do that because that's what the story is.'
Dallas Roberts
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War, we are told, shapes character; it resolves the major questions of international politics, consolidates nations, and indeed, constitutes the principal factor in the progress of civilization through its successive stages.
Elie Ducommun
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I'm never going to be a modern gal. I love colonial. I love early American. I love a big rectangular piece of brown furniture on a hardwood floor.
Emily Procter
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We appear to have form, but we are like a whirlpool. We appear to have form, but we are just whirling electrons.
Marilyn Ferguson
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Everything you say in a family carries meaning from all that was said before. So with friends, there is less likelihood of a few words triggering associations from childhood, where our deepest emotions often are rooted.
Deborah Tannen
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No country's policies are eternal; they do vary. People are growing old, and a new generation is coming to power. In a year's time, a government can look different. You can't influence them if you don't talk to them.
Martti Ahtisaari
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My parents being from Nigeria deeply informs all my social justice and human rights work.
Opal Tometi
