Patrisse Cullors Quotes
I've been in movement work since I was 16 years old. Black Lives Matter becomes an important part of the story, but it's not the only part of the story.
Quotes to Explore
-
Think of an economy where people could be an artist or a photographer or a writer without worrying about keeping their day job in order to have health insurance.
-
So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.
-
I was initially very interested in public policy, but then after my masters at Harvard, I felt that it was important to get a better handle on the economics of it as well. I did my Ph.D. in macroeconomics, and my thesis - 'Why Is It That Some Countries Save And Others Not?' - was on savings.
-
I see myself as a story teller.
-
When talking about writing, I often use the analogy of archaeology. There are these great tunes all around. Your skill as a musician allows you to pick them out without breaking them.
-
Treat your friends as you do your pictures, and place them in their best light.
-
I gravitate to the roles, not necessarily television or film. It's just the fact that, for me, the most interesting roles have been in television.
-
I was told that, when 'Betrayal' was being produced by one of the provincial companies in England, the two actors playing those roles actually went into a pub one day and played that scene as if it were really happening to them. The people around them became very uncomfortable.
-
I guess there are all these women with a big secret - they're hiding men they are ashamed of. They come up to me and say: 'I've been dating this guy for six months in secret but none of my friends know. I can't give him up even though he's embarrassing.'
-
I love it and really, really enjoy weight training. I love free weights. I find it really rewarding.
-
Food is fuel and not a solution to anything other than giving your body nutrients. I love chocolate like the next girl, but it's not going to change my situation.
-
We think of stars as celestial beings. And once in a while, they smile at us from the pages of 'People' magazine.
-
In sport, a massive amount is to do with genetics.
-
We will fiercely challenge those forces within the education establishment who impede innovation in our schools and who protect and defend inequality and institutional failure.
-
I've seen too many ups and downs in the movie industry.
-
In America, we may acknowledge Washington and Lincoln as great men, and probably Franklin and Jefferson and maybe Franklin Delano Roosevelt and possibly even several more, but we would probably disagree about precisely what it was that made them great, what it was that enabled them to give a lasting direction to the course of events.
-
The guest to me was always paramount.
-
I'm getting better, happier, and nicer as I grow older, so I would be terrific in a couple of hundred years time.
-
Gregory Hines was the most talented man I've ever met or seen. Gregory Hines is one of those people that whenever he talked to you, you felt like you were the center of the universe.
-
The reason they call it 'golf' is that all the other 4 letter words were used up.
-
The Internet is working because it's free and open, and there's no discrimination. Without these rules, ISPs could treat content differently based on commercial interests or even ideology.
-
Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.
-
I always wrote music for my friends, but my focus was on playing piano. I didn't think I'd be quite good enough to be a soloist, but I believed that if I worked hard enough, I could work as a player, a teacher.
-
I've been in movement work since I was 16 years old. Black Lives Matter becomes an important part of the story, but it's not the only part of the story.
