DeRay Mckesson Quotes
We have to create a world where people can show up as whole people every single time.
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I was perhaps about 10 years old when a local farmer rang us up to say he had found a young badger and would we take it in. So we did; it was a female called Bessy and she lived in the boiler room. She was extremely intelligent, had a very low opinion of cats but loved the dogs. She was pretty well trained; she went in the car.
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There's a long history of private-company cooperation with the NSA that dates back to at least the 1970s.
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You don't go out and change your gender for a television show, O.K.? It ain't happening. I don't care who you are.
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I sang a lot in college - I was in a choral group in college. But, then, when I moved to New York, I really just concentrated on acting.
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I'm not the type of actor who is trying to do a whole bunch of different stuff, you know what I mean?
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Intelligence is sexy. Don't play dumb, especially young girls. Don't play dumb. And let people see that you are intelligent.
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A filial son to his father can be a traitorous subject to his ruler.
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Effective preaching starts with loving the people we're preaching to.
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If major companies sourcing in developing countries care only about price and quality, local suppliers will be lured to cut corners on environmental standards to win contracts.
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No one really knows who I am or where I came from in America, and there's something quite nice about that.
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I love action films. I'd love to do an action drama. I'm always looking to give my character something action-oriented to do.
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Temperamentally I'm not a natural producer, because I don't have the patience.
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As a kid, I dreamed of being a pop star, a glamorous woman and traveling the world. And I've done that all my life.
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When you love something, it doesn't feel like work.
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I always did plays. When I was in kindergarten, I got chosen to be Alvin in 'The Chipmunks.' We did a Chipmunks song. I was always a natural performer. It was easy for me. I danced and I sang, and all that stuff. I felt like I'd be something in the arts, but it vacillated between being a dancer and a singer, or whatever.
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The Army confronted racial integration when it was still unpopular in society. It has been struggling to more fully integrate women. Its troops, after all, reflect society.
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When you're never home and traveling, you don't play videogames.
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You have to embrace the people that love you because you're making a difference in people's lives, and you're making them feel something with your music. That, I think, is the biggest key: to stay grounded and focused and stay true to who you are as a person.
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Years ago I learned to be totally responsible for Dionne Warwick. I will not wait for opportunities. I will create them.
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It took me a long time to get selected as an astronaut. In fact, I applied for 20 years before I was selected.
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The world is seldom so simple that it hinges on us alone.
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The only way the kingdom of God is going to be manifest in this world before Christ comes is if we manifest it by the way we live as citizens of heaven and subjects of the King.
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The only real goal I had was, I wanted to own a car. Because my father, most of the time, he couldn't afford a car. Once in a while he would have a car, but it would be 10 or 15 years old, an old jalopy.
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We have to create a world where people can show up as whole people every single time.
