DeRay Mckesson Quotes
Black people have always been more than our pain. The joy is so much a part of how we have survived and thrived.
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Any actor is happy to be involved with something that's challenging, controversial, and not easily palatable. Things that are too dumbed down or easy to swallow are uninteresting... It's good when people have such a polarizing response.
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I am kind of the front man for a team of people behind the scenes who are working just as hard as me and are putting in just as much time to make this all happen. I'm not trying to be humble. I just want everyone to get credit where credit is due.
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I think people are going to like my new shoes. I like them. I had a lot of success with the one last year, but this year's shoe is going to be a little different, but at the same time it's going to be a little spin-off on last year's shoe.
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Open-minded people tend to be interested in Buddhism because Buddha urged people to investigate things - he didn't just command them to believe.
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I'm a pretty chill and easygoing person; most people in Australia are, as well. I don't think I ever really saw a lot of fights growing up. I think it's hard to get people in Australia angry and want to fight, minus one or two people in the media... but we won't say any names.
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Of course we wish that more people involved in the leak of my true CIA identity had been prosecuted, but the system worked.
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We don't really have a place in the universe, as far as on a timeline. But nothing else does, either. Therefore every moment really is the most important moment that's ever happened, including this moment right now.
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Helping people boost themselves out of poverty is the best way to make a lasting positive difference in a person's life.
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The type of music we know as classical music began with rich people hiring musicians or owning them in a way. Without funding, it's very hard to have this experience. Be it state money or private money, there has to be someone dedicated to raising the money.
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I sometimes joke, Paula, even paranoid people have enemies.
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I'm attracted to playing people who aren't necessarily straightforward.
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You know, food is such - it's a hug for people.
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I'm just very pleased and thankful that there was a receptive audience of people that I was able to connect with.
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And a tiny number of people in a few states make these decisions, and we're left with these options that are increasingly not attractive to the American people.
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People vote with their hearts, not their heads.
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All people have a natural desire to be needed, to have their importance to others tangibly confirmed.
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Fifty-nine cents. For years, I wore a button - '59 cents.' Many of my colleagues wore it also. The purpose was so that people would come up and ask, 'What does '59 cents' mean?' One could then launch into a discussion about how women working full time in the U.S. earn 59 cents for every dollar earned by men.
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People who watch 'Transporter' are maybe asking a little less about reality, being serious, and so on.
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I would never advise anyone to stay in the closet to further their careers - I'm sure it leads to big fat gay ulcers. There are actors I know who won't come out, and I can see it crippling them as human beings. It's a great shame that people can't be who they are in the 21st century, and people won't let them be who they are.
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The thing I don't miss is waking up in the morning, hurting, the grind of the game.
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False news, when combined with social media, can wreak havoc thanks to its potential of reaching millions in a short span. The effects can be quite disturbing.
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We often run the risk, when discussing women empowerment, to think that this is about women talking about women with other women, but this is not the point.
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My life was always different growing up. I mean, even before the show, my dad was who he is. He's an Olympic athlete. And we were going to premieres, like 'Finding Nemo' premieres, and we would be little kids, like, before the show, walking down the red carpet.
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Black people have always been more than our pain. The joy is so much a part of how we have survived and thrived.
