Randi Weingarten Quotes
The presumption of innocence, the benefit of the doubt, walking without worrying - these should not be hallmarks of white privilege. They are human rights - human rights - that should be enjoyed by all.
Quotes to Explore
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Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all.
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My youth held little forecast of a career in biomedical research. I was born on February 22, 1936, in York, Pennsylvania, and spent my childhood in a rural area on the west bank of the Susquehanna River.
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Diversity: the art of thinking independently together.
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Sometimes I play cricket, and I play badminton.
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I've never managed to keep a journal longer than two weeks.
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My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely.
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The idea of modernity is beginning to lose its vitality. It is losing it because modernity is no longer a critical attitude but an accepted, codified convention.
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At school, I was a tomboy, and it would be me and all my guy friends.
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Right now I'm doing four shows at a time, trying to read four outlines every week, four scripts every week, and watching four rough cuts; it's a lot of good work. It's fun to do it, but it does wear you out.
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No access to me, nor my staff, will ever affect what we do to protect consumers of the state of Florida.
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What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
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My target is to give everything, and only if we win the trophies will I be relaxed.
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If it is a mistake of the head and not the heart don't worry about it, that's the way we learn.
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If it's nice out, I swim pretty much every day for about half an hour. I have a great pool; it's very private and not too many people use it.
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I realized I didn't want to be a photographer. I gave it up, but I still worked that job in the restaurant and I found myself constantly hanging out in the kitchen.
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As a writer and a mom, I wish I could split into two or three different people so I could be with my kids all day, write all day, and go out and do the interviews all day. Multiplicity woman!
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My mom is super fabulous, and I remember her telling me at 13, 'You can start wearing makeup now.' And the funny thing is, I didn't take her up on it!
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One result of An American Family was that I became a gay role model.
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No matter the candidate, every detail in a campaign is carefully and strategically framed for our consumption. The devil is in them.
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The fighter loses more than his pride in the fight; he loses part of his future. He's a step closer to the slum he came from.
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I think people tend to feel odd when I do my act. Unless you are an ironic person, it's not a good place for you to be.
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There is nothing to save, now all is lost, but a tiny core of stillness in the heart like the eye of a violet.
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The Capone era. That was my time. Capone was a big baseball fan. He'd walk into the ballpark like the president walking in today, with bodyguards all around him.
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The presumption of innocence, the benefit of the doubt, walking without worrying - these should not be hallmarks of white privilege. They are human rights - human rights - that should be enjoyed by all.
