DeRay Mckesson Quotes
When I think about protest, I worry so much that people think about it only as standing in the streets. And I say that as someone who has been standing in the streets of cities across the country - but at the root of it is this idea of telling the truth in public.
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Work on good prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed, an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one when it is woven.
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I struggle if I have chaos around me, but at the same time, if I don't have it, I'm uncomfortable. It's a strange thing: If I don't have chaos, I create it.
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The reason a poet is a poet is to write poems, not to advertise himself as a poet.
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As long as I have my health, I want to be reporting somewhere.
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Smart people are a dime a dozen. What matters is the ability to think different... to think out of the box.
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I'm a sort of nuts-and-bolts guy. I'm into turning wrenches and swinging a hammer and wrenching on cars.
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If the colonists hadn't rejected British militarism and the massive financial burden of maintaining the British military, America wouldn't exist.
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I love things that are indescribable, like the taste of an avocado or the smell of a gardenia.
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Real Madrid is the most important thing that happened to me, both as a footballer and as a person.
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War is over if you want it.
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I haven't done as many films as I would have liked.
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When the Bible was first published, bathhouses were mandatory, no one could read, and only the people in the Church could write.
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Let the path be open to talent.
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My dad went to jail for a long time. We lost everything, and the situation never resolved itself. My parents had this sort of passionate, disastrous desire for each other - not ideal to grow up in.
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A smart phone essentially creates a dossier of your travels, and consumers have no control over who will eventually see that information.
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Now while the German money is over for Hollywood, I still have $80 million to make movies, and we will have two things coming up: less major movies and the price for actors will go down.
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For many decades, Myanmar was on the receiving end of very public diplomatic scoldings, often backed up by sanctions.
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The day we run out of petrol is the day Iran will be free.
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I'm an actor, and I'm supposed to reflect real people.
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The greatest delight which the fields and woods minister is the suggestion of an occult relation.
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India is one of the youngest startup nations in the world, and so far, various technology startups have witnessed phenomenal growth. It's amazing how these startups are thriving solely based on domestic demands. It speaks volumes about India's economy and its rich talent pool.
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Objecting to the diagnosis of penis envy was a sure sign of penis envy.
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Do I disagree that we need to ban all Muslims from entering the country? Yes, I disagree with that strongly.
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When I think about protest, I worry so much that people think about it only as standing in the streets. And I say that as someone who has been standing in the streets of cities across the country - but at the root of it is this idea of telling the truth in public.
