Reginald VelJohnson (Reginald Vel Johnson) Quotes
Black lives certainly do matter - that's one thing. But, it's just that in every profession, there are bad, as well as there are good. I think it's wrong to make cops - or any group - out to be the enemy based on a generalization. Stigmas and generalizations about groups are what get this world into such turmoil.Reginald VelJohnson
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My songs have a lot going on in them -they're packed with sounds. When I have only three or four minutes to capture something, I guess I can't stand the idea of any bar going unloved.
Imogen Heap -
It is obvious that we can no more explain a passion to a person who has never experienced it than we can explain light to the blind.
T. S. Eliot -
I often get mistaken for Dumbledore. One wizard is very much like another.
Ian Mckellen -
I've never had to pitch a movie to a studio. I usually just let people read the script, then I cast it. I always think pitching is for baseball.
Harmony Korine -
Life is not always easy to live, but the opportunity to do so is a blessing beyond comprehension. In the process of living, we will face struggles, many of which will cause us to suffer and to experience pain.
L. Lionel Kendrick -
Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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I've done all the table reads for Johnny Depp as Jack Sparrow for all the pirate movies, because he's just been doing other stuff, and I just love the whole Jack Sparrow thing he's got going on; it is just genius, and I just think he has so much fun with it.
Owain Yeoman -
I'm a feminist in the true sense of the word. It's about equality.
Natalie Dormer -
Downloading songs is not good.
Obie Trice -
I've read that the ancient Chinese art of feng shui can bring a sense of peace, well-being, and positive energy to a home - same as beer.
W. Bruce Cameron -
I have the picture in my mind of how emotional I will feel if I win again.
Yani Tseng -
In the struggle against sexual discrimination on Wall Street, Pamela K. Martens is a latter-day Rosa Parks - a woman who, metaphorically speaking, refused to sit in the back of the bus.
Gary Weiss
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You may lose by it now and then, but it will be a loss well gained if you do.
E. V. Lucas -
The male corporate model is built on a man's greater willingness to be a slave of sorts - especially once he has to provide for children.
Warren Farrell -
We wanted a supporting cast that would appeal to Baby Boomers who grew up in the fifties.
Randal Kleiser -
I have affected the way women are regarded, and that's important to me.
Barbara Walters -
I fell in love with 'Star Trek' after J. J. Abrams's movie. I'm so into that.
Tatiana Maslany -
Things happen. And good things happen, and bad things happen. And I'm a person - I'm a believer that everything happens for a reason.
Manti Te'o
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Lisp has all the visual appeal of oatmeal with fingernail clippings mixed in.
Larry Wall -
All things were together, infinite both in number and in smallness; for the small too was infinite.
Anaxagoras -
I was on the national Pentathlon team for a few years, but there was no funding for athletes in Canada. I was in a massive amount of personal debt at the age of 21, so I joined a little modelling and talent agency to get a some work, to do anything so that I didn't have to drop out of school.
Kris Holden-Ried -
Both Springsteen and Michael Jackson, who had these huge productions, could always scale them back down to just a song and a melody. All of that influences me. I also try to be a fictional writer, and sometimes I get close, but the things that resonate the most with me - and with everyone else - is what's real.
James Bay -
My enemy said to me, 'Love your enemy.' And I obeyed him and loved myself.
Kahlil Gibran -
Black lives certainly do matter - that's one thing. But, it's just that in every profession, there are bad, as well as there are good. I think it's wrong to make cops - or any group - out to be the enemy based on a generalization. Stigmas and generalizations about groups are what get this world into such turmoil.
Reginald VelJohnson