DeRay Mckesson Quotes
Justice that is not rooted in equity, in social welfare, and in community is not justice at all.
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I know that there are going to be people that don't like my music, but I think in the industry itself it is always that, 'Oh. you're from the 'X Factor.' There have been certain radio stations that will not play your song because you are from the 'X Factor,' yet they'll play another song from an artist from another TV show.
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I swear allegiance to the Republic of Sudan.
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Belgian chocolate is my weakness. I like over 72 percent cacao, which shows you how much of a dark chocolate snob I am.
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My Alma mater was books, a good library... I could spend the rest of my life reading, just satisfying my curiosity.
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If I'm trying to rebound after a bad hole, I just go back to tempo and process and rhythm, and I cling to my routine.
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I don't think there is much American music.
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I just grew up watching a lot of movies. I'm attracted to this genre and that genre, this type of story, and that type of story. As I watch movies I make some version of it in my head that isn't quite what I'm seeing - taking the things I like and mixing them with stuff I've never seen before.
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We must improve our lives and we will do it together - all of our citizens and myself as president of Ukraine.
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I have a handicap in that English is not my first language. So even though I'm a writer, I don't write anymore because it's just harder in English.
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I never forgot being poor, and I never stopped thinking how fortunate I am.
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The idea that motherhood is inherently somehow a threat to creativity is just absurd.
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There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law.
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The leading rule for the lawyer, as for the man of every calling, is diligence.
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Originally, we had a band known as Steely Dan. As we moved away from the band, we got whoever was appropriate for specific tunes. In a lot of cases, we gravitated toward jazz players who had more sophisticated harmonic concepts.
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Business is all about risk taking and managing uncertainties and turbulence.
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When I read for 'Girls,' I was like, 'The script says 'Handsome Carpenter,' so someone else is going to get the part. They'll have someone handsome, not me.'
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Politics is about putting yourself in a state of grace.
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Our species needs, and deserves, a citizenry with minds wide awake and a basic understanding of how the world works.
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Relationships are important, but stay focused on all the things that are important. Figure out what you want.
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For PSP, we play the 'SOCOM' game as a team on the plane, and it's pretty cool because you can connect to everyone.
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My genre-hopping has caused problems with marketing and sales departments over the years, because they need to know where to position a book with the booksellers.
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I'm sort of known in the comedy community as 'Smooth Sailing,' just 'cause everything always goes great. I've always had success at every turn.
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Justice is that virtue of the soul which is distributive according to desert.
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Justice that is not rooted in equity, in social welfare, and in community is not justice at all.
