Jane Elliott Quotes
When you say to a person of colour, 'When I see you, I don't see you Black; I just see everybody the same' think about that. You don't have the right to say to a person, 'I do not see you as you are; I want to see you as I would be more comfortable seeing you.'Jane Elliott
Quotes to Explore
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I'm not an aggressive person at all. But I know how to fight.
Edgar Ramirez -
There's the person that's the addict, and then there's the person that's who you are.
Daniel Baldwin -
A person's life is of their own making, and I take full responsibility for mine.
Rachel Roy -
If I have caused just one person to wipe away a tear of laughter, that's my reward.
Victor Borge -
For every person that doesn't like you, there's gonna be somebody who does.
Lance Gross -
Perhaps it is impossible for a person who does no good to do no harm.
Harriet Beecher Stowe
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The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.
Ralph Waldo Emerson -
I'm a family guy, so I would love to have a family; I would love to find that perfect person to have a family with.
Lance Bass NSYNC -
It's not even race; it's a certain type of person that gets 'Pootie Tang.'
J. B. Smoove -
I'm a really heavy sleeper. When I wake up I'm a terrible morning person.
Flume -
Any concept of one person being superior to another can lead to racism.
Walter Lang -
I felt that Balanchine was my father towards me. He was the person I most admired and looked up to.
Patricia McBride
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He who calls a person a fascist for opposing independence is not only wrong but putting themselves on the same level as those who call us Nazis for wanting independence.
Carles Puigdemont -
I'm a very competitive person.
Fabrice Muamba -
I am an ordinary person.
Frances McDormand -
I'm not cool at all. I'm the least cool person I know.
Natasha Little -
A powerful person is equally cool with their flaws and things that aren't powerful about them at all.
Omari Hardwick -
I'm not a party person.
Mahesh Babu
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As fate is inexorable, and not to be moved either with tears or reproaches, an excess of sorrow is as foolish as profuse laughter; while, on the other hand, not to mourn at all is insensibility.
Seneca the Younger -
If you're thinking of becoming a critic, why not make other plans?
Ruth Gordon -
As an actor, I travel around a lot and live in a lot of hotels, and many times I've been in a town where the only entertainment to be had is what you find in the hotel bar or lobby.
Beau Bridges -
We don't like to think of ourselves as subject to the forces of the world, we like to think of ourselves as exerting that force.
Ian Bogost -
The trick is in what one emphasizes. We either make ourselves miserable, or we make ourselves happy. The amount of work is the same.
Carlos Castaneda -
When you say to a person of colour, 'When I see you, I don't see you Black; I just see everybody the same' think about that. You don't have the right to say to a person, 'I do not see you as you are; I want to see you as I would be more comfortable seeing you.'
Jane Elliott