DeRay Mckesson Quotes
A lot of organizers are trying to figure out how do we create entrances for people so they can be involved in the work in a way that makes them feel is aligned to the things they're interested in and not the things the organizer is interested in?
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Nothing graces the Christian soul so much as mercy; mercy as shown chiefly towards the poor, that thou mayest treat them as sharers in common with thee in the produce of nature, which brings forth the fruits of the earth for use to all.
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It's really important to me that my sound is a combination of beats and melody. I love hearing strong, confident beats in music because I love to dance. At the same time, melody is really important to me because I love singing.
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If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.
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There's such a preoccupation with liquidity and such an unwillingness to invest beyond the horizon of the next quarter and making sure that the CEOs hit their quarterly earnings.
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I found one had to do some work every day, even at midnight, because either you're professional or you're not.
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There's no biography so interesting as the one in which the biographer is present.
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I am a very loyal man and always keep my promises when I commit to something.
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Vice is a creature of such hideous mien... that the more you see it the better you like it.
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Only the consciousness of a purpose that is mightier than any man and worthy of all men can fortify and inspirit and compose the souls of men.
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I get mad quick and and go off at the handle quick.
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I'm English, and I started off as a songwriter, so I can't really escape that - it's there.
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I'm not really one of those people who believes that if you're a musician you can just leave that behind and start getting into politics.
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The future rewards those who press on. I don't have time to feel sorry for myself. I don't have time to complain. I'm going to press on.
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In the early '90s, I was hired to write educational dramas about HIV and AIDS in the shantytowns. I did that for two and a half years, and then I was hired on other films. When 'Tsotsi' presented itself, I thought, 'This is not a world I grew up in, but I've spent a great deal of time writing about it and researching it in my past.'
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Everything you'll ever need to know is within you; the secrets of the universe are imprinted on the cells of your body.
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Don't try to dress like me or wear your hair like mine. Find your own style.
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My father always says that heroism is in the Pashtun DNA.
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It's some weird idea to think that you've always got to say everything is great and perfect.
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Crops failed; wealth took a flight; house, treasure, land, Slipped from my hold-thus plenty comes and goes.One friend I had, but he too loosed his hand (Or was it I?) the year I met with Rose.
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No person can escape Einsteinian relativity, and no soldier or veteran can escape the trauma of war's dislocation.
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I think 'The Sopranos' probably solidifies the misconception that people have about New Jersey to begin with. Because you're from Jersey, and everybody has an accent, you are perceived a certain way. I don't know if they are jealous or in awe or look down their nose at you, but that's the way life is. If you don't like it, change the channel.
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Let us take refuge from this world. You can do this in spirit, even if you are kept here in the body. You can at the same time be here and present to the Lord. Your soul must hold fast to him, you must follow after him in your thoughts, you must tread his ways by faith, not in outward show.
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The way we think about a presidential portrait is one that is imbued with dignity from the outset.
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A lot of organizers are trying to figure out how do we create entrances for people so they can be involved in the work in a way that makes them feel is aligned to the things they're interested in and not the things the organizer is interested in?
