Jamila Woods Quotes
A lot of people of color and the Black Lives Matter movement will talk about what's really happening, but it seems like you can't get the black president to say something that's obvious about what's happening to black people in this country.
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You can't go around hoping that most people have sterling moral characters. The most you can hope for is that people will pretend that they do.
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College was where I got to actually experience the difference between black and white.
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Segregation, in a sense, helped create and maintain black solidarity.
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I want to make sure that people know that I can only be myself - I can't be a spokesperson for people with disabilities, because everybody has a completely different experience. I'm glad that I'm able to inspire parents to see one way to deal with it, but at the same time, I tell a lot of dirty jokes.
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The less I talk about being black, the better.
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Character is the indelible mark that determines the only true value of all people and all their work.
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Strange, to see what delight we married people have to see these poor fools decoyed into our condition, every man and wife gazing and smiling at them.
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The Broken Bow group is such a great family and seem like a group of tight-knit people. When I looked for a new label, I wanted to feel I could trust everybody. I wanted motivation to be at an all-time high.
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You have got to clean your own house first before you tell other people that they aren't doing it right.
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I have been immeasurably honored to serve the people of Maine for nearly 40 years in public office and for the past 17 years in the United States Senate. It was incredibly difficult to decide that I would not seek a fourth term in the Senate.
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Dementia is such a terrifying thing for all of us, and we are particularly bad at coping with old people in this country.
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When you go out of your country and meet people, you get a wider perspective.
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You used to be able to just call people. You didn't have to be on someone's calendar to have a phone conversation. The telephone was an important and valuable domain of communication, both for casual, friendly chats and for professional exchanges of ideas and information. But no more.
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Prior to getting into music, I interacted with, on a daily basis, about 5-10 percent of the people that I've interacted with since then. I've been meeting people from different backgrounds and different cultures. That did allow for a lot of change. I've changed as a product of that, but it's been positive.
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Fashion is so mass-produced now; I hope there will come a refocus on how people see couture. And I would also hope for a new focus on the craft.
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In the end, it's a good investment for America to be involved in helping people get democratic governance - not to take over their country - but to help people be free. And that is an investment that will pay off in the future.
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My apartment is the equivalent of one room in my Toronto home. Now I understand why New Yorkers are on the streets at all hours. People don't want to stay inside for fear they'll go crazy.
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If we had zero corporate tax in this country, tens of millions of jobs would get created in this country for no other reason.
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Like one of any minority, I have experienced prejudice.
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In fiction, it's a big challenge to keep the reader in one place for so long.
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Actually, it seems like every time I'm about to pack it in, that's when I get a job.
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Cancer is a growth hormone for empathy, and empathy makes us useful to each other in ways we were not, could not have been, before.
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Statisticians estimate that crime among good golfers is lower than in any class of the community except possibly bishops.
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A lot of people of color and the Black Lives Matter movement will talk about what's really happening, but it seems like you can't get the black president to say something that's obvious about what's happening to black people in this country.
