DeRay Mckesson Quotes

I think my imagination about jobs was pretty limited. There were so few jobs that I actually saw people who looked like me in, that I imagined myself in, that I think I just stopped imagining.

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• The Prophet defeated the enemies of Islam even when he and his followers were small in number.

  

  Abu Bakar Bashir
  • Small
  • Islam
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• A lot of people said I was a rebel. I wasn't.

  

  Carlene Carter
  • People
  • Said
  • Rebel

• Bogart could have been color blind. He got to know a man before he decided if he liked him or not.

  

  Sammy Davis, Jr.
  • Man
  • Color
  • Blind

• Sometimes I think we're alone. Sometimes I think we're not. In either case, the thought is staggering.

  

  R. Buckminster Fuller
  • Think
  • Alone
  • Thought

• Someone told me, 'When you go see Pearl Jam, it's going to be a spiritual experience,' and it was. It was my first time seeing them live, and I've been a lifelong fan. Eddie Vedder's voice is a million times better live, and I couldn't believe the passion he put into every single song.

  

  Becky Lynch
  • Time
  • Believe
  • Live

• If you really want something, it's nerve-racking, but at the same time, I try not to stress myself out about it too much because there are also so many arbitrary things that go into being cast for something - you know, like the color of your eyes, all these things that are kind of out of my control.

  

  Laura Harrier
  • Time
  • Control
  • Eyes

• The very idea of carrying my memory into eternity devastated me, and I took refuge in atheism.

  

  Taylor Caldwell
  • Idea
  • Memory
  • Eternity

• The thing about tennis is if you stay off for two weeks, or just for three days, you can lose your rhythm quickly. So it's just a question of constant diligence and vigilance.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Question
  • Tennis
  • Lose

• Children should neither be seen or heard from - ever again.

  

  W. C. Fields
  • Children
  • Again
  • Seen

• Circumstances are the rulers of the weak; they are but the instruments of the wise.

  

  Samuel Lover
  • Wise
  • Circumstances
  • Weak

• Capitalism is about adventurers who get harmed by their mistakes, not people who harm others with their mistakes.

  

  Nassim Nicholas Taleb
  • People
  • Mistakes
  • Capitalism

• When we say a show is successful, it's because, relative to the investment, it's successful, relative to how else we would have spent that money on licensing something else, does this creation - did it attract the audience that it was built for.

  

  Ted Sarandos
  • Money
  • Successful
  • Creation

• I used to hate any batsman who would not get out in my deliveries.

  

  Kapil Dev
  • Hate
  • Used
  • Would

• You will find in me a loyal head of state who is ready listen and understand, warn and advise as well as to defend the public interest at all times.

  

  Felipe VI of Spain
  • Understand
  • Interest
  • Public

• We need to change America's image round the world. America has lost some lustre in terms of how folks aspire to be like us.

  

  Samuel L. Jackson
  • World
  • America
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• The importance of satire is bringing more people to the table. There are a lot of average citizens who aren't interested in politics and would be more interested if it's brought to them in a comedic, funny, satirical way.

  

  Bassem Youssef
  • People
  • Funny
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• Working on 'Girls' opened up a lot of opportunity for me. It's like a dream job. It's a dream.

  

  Adam Driver
  • Up
  • Job
  • Dream

• One of the main lessons I have learned the last five years as Secretary-General is that the United Nations cannot function properly without the support of the business community and civil society. We need to have tripartite support - the governments, the business communities and the civil society.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • Business
  • Society
  • Community

• I was born in Iran, which has a predominantly Muslim population, and I have relatives who are devout Muslims, so I know what it means to be judged based on your appearance and what you're wearing. But your ethnicity and your clothing do not define who you are.

  

  Nazanin Boniadi
  • Know
  • Born
  • Appearance

• It's a beautiful feeling to be out on the ice, breathing in the cold air and hearing the blades hit the ice. It's kind of romantic.

  

  Allison Janney
  • Beautiful
  • Feeling
  • Air

• I want to give my followers a positive message. I want to give those girls a positive message who have been forcefully married, who continue to sacrifice. I want to be an example for those people. That's my aim.

  

  Qandeel Baloch
  • People
  • Positive
  • Sacrifice

• All have disappointments, all have times when it isn't worthwhile.

  

  John H. Johnson

• People often ask me why I sing with a strong Irish accent. I suppose when I was five years old, I spoke with a strong Irish accent, so I sang with one, too.

  

  Dolores O'Riordan The Cranberries
  • People
  • Why
  • Strong

• I think my imagination about jobs was pretty limited. There were so few jobs that I actually saw people who looked like me in, that I imagined myself in, that I think I just stopped imagining.

  

  DeRay Mckesson
  • People
  • Pretty
  • Imagination