Natasha Trethewey Quotes
I find myself frequently introducing myself to someone, saying that, you know, I've grown up black and biracial in the United States.
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I'm so intrigued by women throughout history where the significance of what they were representing at that time is obscured by the fact a man saved them or they were prostitutes.
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The justice delivery system needs structural change. It needs fresh vision and innovative solutions.
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Inside every adult male is a denied little boy.
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I always managed to get in trouble, like every kid. But I had to learn a lot of hard lessons on my own, without parents who would nurture me and guard me through that part of life, at a very young age.
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Comedy is a universal language. I grew up watching Nagesh, Surilirajan, Thenga Srinivasan and S.V. Shekhar's comedies. And, of course, Charlie Chaplin! These artists are so blessed: they can make other people happy.
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Work is the thing that happens around the game time.
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I once went to one of those parties where everyone throws their car keys into the middle of the room. I don't know who got my moped, but I drove that Peugeot for years.
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Balance is so important in our lives. In our busy world, we can give ourselves balance between thinking and feeling.
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The advice I would give to someone is to not take anyone's advice.
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I think I've always been somebody to break rules.
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I would love to work with Martin Scorsese.
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I was always telling my family I wanted to become an actress, and I did.
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As football gets more globalised, it's probably more important than ever to have one or two players in your team who have grown up in the same streets or been to the same schools as the hard-core fans.
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We should not underestimate the ability of people to do wrong if they want to do so.
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A lot of things come with fame, whether it's losing friends or losing family.
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Citizens United opened a door that's frustrated anyone who's looking.
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The man who practises unselfishness, who is genuinely interested in the welfare of others, who feels it a privilege to have the power to do a fellow-creature a kindness - even though polished manners and a gracious presence may be absent - will be an elevating influence wherever he goes.
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I once went on the most grueling radio tour. Living in hotel rooms, sleeping in the backs of rental cars as my mom drove to three different cities in one day.
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It's not just about the current economic environment. History shows that slashing budgets always leads to recession.
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At several such places we landed, but always found the ascent to the interior so covered with large loose rocks that it would have been impossible to have disembarked stores or stock on any.
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Think against your feelings; unmask the unbelief they have nourished; let evangelical thinking correct emotional thinking.
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If you break up with a girlfriend or a boyfriend, you're in this vulnerable state where you're still kind of half in the relationship with them, but you're single, and it takes a while to feel solid in yourself again.
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I find myself frequently introducing myself to someone, saying that, you know, I've grown up black and biracial in the United States.
