DeRay Mckesson Quotes
I think about freedom as not only as the absence of oppression but also the presence of justice and joy.DeRay Mckesson
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Like many writers, I started by writing short stories. I needed to learn how to write and stories are the most practical way to do this, and less soul-destroying than working your way through a lengthy novel and then discovering it's rubbish.
Kate Atkinson -
Because it is my second season with the team, no time has been wasted in getting to know the people I'm working with. I am aware of what the team is capable of and how the organisation works, and they are familiar with what makes me tick.
Damon Hill -
A teacher should have a creative mind.
A. P. J. Abdul Kalam -
In Kenya, I met wonderful girls; girls who wanted to help their communities. I was with them in their school, listening to their dreams. They still have hope. They want to be doctor and teachers and engineers.
Malala Yousafzai -
I think, from the very beginning, I always knew that I needed to get out of Malaysia and do my thing somewhere else.
Yuna -
As a brand, Ahla is one of Strauss-Elite's strongest. But we need to do a lot of marketing in order to regain market leadership. I have no doubt that we will do that, even if it takes time.
Ofra Strauss
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Winning a gold medal is not easy but I believed in myself, especially over the last four years.
Sally Pearson -
I'm kind of a sucker for the retro-diagnoses.
Sam Kean -
It should be no surprise that religion in the non-western world has failed to disappear under the juggernaut of industrial capitalism, or that liberal democracy finds its most dedicated saboteurs among the new middle classes.
Pankaj Mishra -
Allow children to be happy in their own way, for what better way will they find?
Samuel Johnson -
Sometimes I sit down to dinner with people and I realize there is a massive military machine surrounding us, trying to kill the people I'm having dinner with.
Rachel Corrie -
Native trees are so important to our ecosystem.
Felix Dennis
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The only routine with me is no routine at all.
Jackie Kennedy -
But the issue is not only life and death but our existence before God and our being judged by him. All of us were sinners before him and worthy of condemnation.
Hans Urs von Balthasar -
When I just sit around my house and work, I can work two, three hours, and then I go off and ride a horse or do something that I perceive to be a lot more fun.
Sam Shepard -
My hope is that shows like 'Fresh Off the Boat' open the door for even more of those kinds of characters for Asian actors and actresses.
Randall Park -
My friends, love is better than anger. Hope is better than fear. Optimism is better than despair. So let us be loving, hopeful and optimistic. And we'll change the world.
Jack Layton -
Trivializing the Holocaust is the last thing I want to do.
Hans Haacke
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On the one hand, we may tell the truth, regardless of consequences, and on the other hand we may mellow it and sophisticate it to make it humane and tolerable.
H. L. Mencken -
I love being on stage or in front of the camera. My work brings me a lot of joy. It helps me figure out who I am. I'm really lucky that I get to make a living at acting.
Dana Delany -
Pilots take no special joy in walking. Pilots like flying.
Neil Armstrong -
In the USA, where so many people compete for one and the same thing, where job opportunities, residential facilities, and food resources have to be spread over so many people, the question of justice becomes more imperative than ever before if communal and individual life is to be made possible and enjoyable.
Ndabaningi Sithole -
I think about freedom as not only as the absence of oppression but also the presence of justice and joy.
DeRay Mckesson