Van Jones Quotes
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My father passed away when I was very young, so I was head of household for a very long time. Whether it came to cooking food or having to braid hair to get kids out of the door for school, I've been one that has - with the help of my mother - has been a father figure for a lot of young ladies.
Nate Parker -
The fact that we live in a world where black people have to strategize so they're not brutalized by police is insane.
Larry Wilmore -
I have gotten more flak for being a conservative Republican than I have for being trans.
Caitlyn Jenner -
The extra pass and the extra effort on defense always get the job done.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar -
Sometimes in someone's gestures you can notice how a parent is somehow inhabiting that person without there being any awareness of that. Sometimes you can look at your hand and see your father.
Sam Shepard -
I would hate for my father to regret all his support that he's given me over the years and be embarrassed by anything I chose to do.
Katee Sackhoff
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To be honest, if it wasn't for my daughter, I don't think I would have gotten out of the situation that I was in before 'Idol' because I am a domestic violence survivor.
La'Porsha Renae -
You could argue that 'Sweeney Todd' was romantic, if you looked closely at it, but it didn't impart that to its audiences. But it's large, and it's melodramatic, and it's a style I like to work in periodically.
Harold Prince -
When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money.
Imogen Cunningham -
It just seems to be a human trait to want to protect the speech of people with whom we agree. For the First Amendment, that is not good enough. So it is really important that we protect First Amendment rights of people no matter what side of the line they are on.
Floyd Abrams -
The American principles of democracy expresses the deepest values of the Sharia both structurally and in the government... Sharia requires us Muslims anywhere to abide by the law of the land.
Feisal Abdul Rauf -
I was so excited to work with Ridley Scott. Who wouldn't be?
Natalie Dormer
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My voice and the styles and genres I sing all express my appreciation for what I hear.
K. D. Lang -
Capital punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life.
Orrin Hatch -
I naturally favour a clean, healthy diet. A salad sandwich is one of my favourite meals!
Victoria Pendleton -
I've played quite a large spectrum of teenaged girls, from psychotic to very sweet to a polygamist.
Madison Davenport -
I just wanted to play as long as I could. When you stop playing, you're not going to get it back. When you don't enjoy it, that's the time to pack it in.
Ian Rush -
I love music. I think it's a higher art form, in a way, than movies. You know, a film you see once, maybe twice. A song will follow you forever. It's a magical thing.
Malik Bendjelloul
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If the 'Post' can play the role of a connector between the West and the East, I have confidence in the paper's future success.
Jack Ma -
The television business is actually going through a tremendous transition, but I think at the end of the day, television is still paramount.
Jeff Zucker -
I have music in my brain all the time, all sorts.
Daniel Barenboim -
Science advances one funeral at a time.
Max Planck -
Where there is love, nothing is too much trouble and there is always time.
Abdu'l-Bahá -
The time has come to move beyond eco-elitism to eco-populism.
Van Jones