Benjamin Jealous Quotes
In the USA, it's harder for a black man with no criminal record to find a job than a white man with a criminal record, which is to say that race is actually a bigger factor than ex-felon status. But if you're both, it's almost impossible to find a job.
Benjamin Jealous
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I still love physical product. I still hold out for actual CDs, because in radio, everyone just wants to send you a file to play.
Eddie Trunk
Inspiration is God making contact with itself.
Ram Dass
Throughout my career, I was never able to relax; I always had to go on the field with another responsibility. I felt like I was playing, not just for my team, but for my race.
Warren Moon
I want to get away from couture just being done for a picture or for a single moment on the red carpet. I want to try and convince women that couture can be worn in the day and that there's a reality and relevance there, because that's what Mr. Christian Dior wanted.
Raf Simons
South Africa never leaves one indifferent. Its history, its population, its landscapes and cultures - all speak to the visitor, to the student, to the friend of Africa.
Tariq Ramadan
For me, it's not about being the best designer. I'm interested in being the best partner. The best collaborator.
Yves Behar
How can you regret helping a suffering patient?
Jack Kevorkian
My work sells for £10,000-plus, but my most lucrative piece was a private project that was sold for more than six figures -dollars, that is. The process of the Lego can take weeks, months, or even days. Each one I deliver to specification to each gallery because they want them brought to them fully formed.
Nathan Sawaya
Nobody reads the disclosures that roll down your computer screen. You click 'I agree' but you don't know what you're agreeing to.
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Yes, I realize that I see but a semblance, but so do you, and who is to say which is real?
Jack Vance
...teeth set out by a landscape gardener...
Addison Mizner
You don't have to always write about big stuff. Writing is about expressing yourself, you know? It can be about small stuff, too.
Mick Jones
The Clash
The first time I didn't get called back at an audition, I cried. My mom told me, 'We're doing this for fun, and if it's not fun anymore, we're not going to do it. So if you ever cry again, we're going to stop.' I never cried from then on, and I kept that lesson for the rest of my life.
Lindsay Mendez
No one's comfortable with losing.
Kristaps Porzingis
It's so hard to pick a 'single.' I always want it to be whatever my favorite tune is, but often the record company and the person whose job it is to take it to radio have different ideas.
Alison Goldfrapp
I could never dream of being cool.
Andrea Corr
In the USA, it's harder for a black man with no criminal record to find a job than a white man with a criminal record, which is to say that race is actually a bigger factor than ex-felon status. But if you're both, it's almost impossible to find a job.
Benjamin Jealous
