Majora Carter Quotes
As a black person in America, I am twice as likely as a white person to live in an area where air pollution poses the greatest risk to my health. I am five times more likely to live within walking distance of a power plant or chemical facility - which I do.Majora Carter
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I believe in the Prince of Peace. I believe that War is Murder. I believe that armies and navies are at bottom the tinsel and braggadocio of oppression and wrong, and I believe that the wicked conquest of weaker and darker nations by nations whiter and stronger but foreshadows the death of that strength.
W. E. B. Du Bois -
A great painting is a great painting.
Larry Poons -
In theory, taxes should be like shopping. What I buy is government services. What I pay are my taxes.
P. J. O'Rourke -
Science and religion are the two most powerful forces in the world. Having them at odds... is not productive.
E. O. Wilson -
My dream date is a tall, dark, handsome, blue eyed man with a bubble butt who will whisk me away to Paris in a hot air balloon to wine me, dine me and.
Karen McDougal -
The civil rights movement wasn't easy for anybody.
Sammy Davis, Jr.
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But there will come a time and a place to give back, and each individual will recognize that time and place.
Vernon Jordan -
Comedians have to write to survive because you don't get cast for your beauty.
Sally Phillips -
My favorite soundtrack is 'Avatar.' It's the best thing in the world. I love it.
Sam Smith -
You make your mistakes to learn how to get to the good stuff.
Quincy Jones -
Without understanding yourself, what is the use of trying to understand the world?
Ramana Maharshi -
I am so proud of being a Paralympian because I think the Games are a very good platform for disabled persons to perform themselves. Within the Paralympics movement, it's not just talk about excellence; it's not just talk about the competition. It's also talk about the equality and how your world accepts those disabled people.
Yu Chui Yee
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I have a very rich and wonderful personal life, and at its core are my sons.
Kate Mulgrew -
As a writer, one is always a little blind to what one writes.
Patrick Modiano -
I figure no matter how old you are, it's always going to be your first marriage and no life experience is going to make you a better judge of who you should marry.
Utada Hikaru -
History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.
Abba Eban -
I just want to be a little more real. Maybe I'm a little bit darker than others.
Bebe Rexha -
The Revolution did not assume a socialist nature because of support from the U.S.S.R.; it was the other way around: support from the U.S.S.R. was produced by the socialist nature of the Cuban Revolution. To such a degree, that when the U.S.S.R. disappears, Cuba keeps on being socialist.
Fidel Castro
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Iraq assumes responsibility for its own future... They have got to step up.
Jeff Sessions -
We should not be content to say that power has a need for such-and-such a discovery, such-and-such a form of knowledge, but we should add that the exercise of power itself creates and causes to emerge new objects of knowledge and accumulates new bodies of information. ... The exercise of power perpetually creates knowledge and, conversely, knowledge constantly induces effects of power. ... It is not possible for power to be exercised without knowledge, it is impossible for knowledge not to engender power.
Michel Foucault -
I always show great respect for everyone, including Manchester United.
Antonio Conte -
I wouldn't sacrifice my business for no acting career because my business is something, ultimately, that I know I'm going to pass down to my kids, and that's most important to me than anything else in the world. I can't pass an acting career down to my children.
Dwight Henry -
I don't want to bore myself, so I'm always writing new music. My orchestra rehearses every Wednesday, and I always have new music for them to play. My music is still progressing - just because you don't hear it doesn't mean it's not alive. The music is complicated, but it's about emotion. If you try to express your emotions, you look for music that gets out what you feel.
Sam Rivers Limp Bizkit -
As a black person in America, I am twice as likely as a white person to live in an area where air pollution poses the greatest risk to my health. I am five times more likely to live within walking distance of a power plant or chemical facility - which I do.
Majora Carter