DeRay Mckesson Quotes
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I could not tell you the date of my mother's death. I could not tell you the date of my dad's death. These are not dates that I find significant.
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The resilience of these people is amazing. I am a great believer that the sooner we get things up and running in terms of sport in this area, the better.
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Once a Cubs fan, always a Cubs fan.
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How does one measure the success of a museum?
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Success consists in being successful, not in having potential for success. Any wide piece of ground is the potential site of a palace, but there's no palace till it's built.
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I was poor. When you're poor you work, and when you're rich you expect somebody to hand it to you. So I think being reasonably poor is very good for people.
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So the storm passed and every one was happy.
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When I go out and I see the genuine appreciation from the people, that's a big thing for me.
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You affect your subconscious mind by verbal repetition.
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Blinking is some way of tabulating - a kind of carriage return, click, or save to disk - that helps the process of 'Okay, now change the subject.' Every time you move your eyes, there's an interruption in the visual field - you go momentarily blind when your eyeballs are moving.
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I am Lebanese, and I know the interests of my country.
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Kill the snake of doubt in your soul, crush the worms of fear in your heart and mountains will move out of your way.
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If you're offended, it's your problem.
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America always pivots between collective responsibility and the idea that the individual can pull himself up by his bootstraps.
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We are all tasked to balance and optimize ourselves.
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I feel like I have another level every year that I start a new season of basketball. If I continue to keep growing, and make everything consistent, I'm going to get better and better each year.
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You've got to be willing to put the time into seeing who's got talent and who's going to do a great job.
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Companies that receive government information demands have to obey the law, but they often have room for maneuver. They scarcely ever use it.
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I'm a Wisconsin kid, so I like brats and burgers and stuff like that. Cheese curds.
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One of the annoying things about believing in free will and individual responsibility is the difficulty of finding somebody to blame your problems on. And when you do find somebody, it's remarkable how often his picture turns up on your driver's license.
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When President Teddy Roosevelt posed for the cameras astride a massive steam shovel during construction of the Panama Canal in 1906, it was more than a simple photo op. Though the scene was clearly staged, it symbolized a crucial moment in American history.
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We have far more options for black Americans to tell stories outside of slavery, but whenever it comes to slavery, it's an uncomfortable subject. Why? Because it's the most unresolved subject in American history.
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I think about Twitter as the friend that's always awake. It's why I tweet so much.
