DeRay Mckesson Quotes
Baltimore is a city of possibility, and we've got to challenge the traditional pathways of politics and politicians who lay those paths.
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There is no sense in making a film that no-one will go and see, just to create a perfect, but useless, work of art.
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There's no shame in owning a New Kids on the Block t-shirt. They were my first concert when I was eight.
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In Iran I think nobody loses their job because of making a statement that reflects their opinion. From this point of view, conditions in Iran are far better than in many other places in the world.
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I wrote for nearly six hours. When I stopped, the dark mood, as if by magic, had folded its cloak and gone away.
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I like quiet. No television cameras. I'm not the Hollywood type.
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My parents never pushed me to ski race. It was my choice and something I really wanted to do. I would have rebelled if they had pushed me, and I wouldn't have had the same passion.
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No one could ad lib like Peter. You would think that it was all scripted, he was so poetic, but it wasn't.
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To make money, I did portraits . The truth is so bizarre! I'm kind of embarrassed. I was like a 19th-century pirate painter. I'd say, 'Your mom would love a painting of you!' A salesman! I'd hawk paintings.
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If you can get yourself where you're not afraid of dying, then you can move forward a lot faster.
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From when I was 7 until I was 22, I played football. That was always my struggle as a kid. I always wanted to be an artist, but my parents were divorced, and my dad really wanted me to play sports, and that's how I got to see him. He would come pick me up or take me to practice, and he was always at my games.
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Personal style? I don't really believe in that. Whatever is comfortable.
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I hear all the time that boys don't like stories about girls. Which never made much sense to me. Wasn't 'Terminator' about a girl? And 'Alien'? Hell, I grew up on 'The Wizard of Oz.' People enjoy stories about anything if they're good stories.
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On a personal level, I love the idea of hosting an awards show. I think that sounds like kind of a fun thing to do.
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I started at the age of 8 and have been lucky to be still working.
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Without the element of uncertainty, the bringing off of even, the greatest business triumph would be dull, routine, and eminently unsatisfying.
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With the juice, I try to put a lot of different kinds of vegetables in there like zucchini, kale and broccoli. It looks scary, but it's so good for your body, and I just love the taste of it. It's so fresh; I love it!
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I have been acting since I was thirteen.
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Actor's life is very long.
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Any artist that's involved in their work is inevitably going to have a focus in what they do.
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We need to conceptualize; we need to articulate conservative domestic policy with a laser focus on opportunity, on easing the means of ascent up the economic ladder.
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I don't really like scary movies. I mean, I didn't as a kid, but I think I got a bit better now. I've been easing myself into it, starting off with the less spooky ones.
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I think it's important to have scaling challenge because there are players who I feel play 'Dragon Age' for the wonder, story and exploration but wouldn't enjoy getting their butts handed to them. We do still have easy mode - it's not a pure story mode in that there's zero combat, but it's not super-challenging.
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I bless God for this retirement: I never was more thankful for any thing than I have been of late for the necessity I am under of self-denial in many respects.
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Baltimore is a city of possibility, and we've got to challenge the traditional pathways of politics and politicians who lay those paths.
