Cedric Richmond Quotes

I'll never forget Hurricane Katrina - the mix of a natural and a man-made catastrophe that resulted in the death of over 1,500 of our neighbors. Millions of folks were marked by the tragedy.

Cedric Richmond

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• My father was in law enforcement growing up. He was a probation officer. And I've always understood the point of view of the peace officer, you know, because of my dad.

  

  Larry Wilmore
  • Up
  • Father
  • Law

• 'SNL' can be a stressful environment, and I am panicking constantly, but I guess I keep it pretty internal.

  

  Kate McKinnon
  • Environment
  • Stressful
  • SNL

• My parents actually ran drag clubs in Australia, which is how I grew up. It was normal for me. It was my normal. I knew the other kids didn't do it, but for me, it was life, and nothing was wrong with it. I would see nothing wrong with Beyonce having a drag queen nanny. And why not? Everyone needs one! And a great gay man in their life.

  

  Tabatha Coffey
  • Life
  • Up
  • Great

• As the bill requires, any terror alert system must give people and organizations some indication about what steps they must take to improve their own security and assist in the Nation's security.

  

  Patrick J. Kennedy
  • People
  • Security
  • Own

• Somebody must show that the Afro-American race is more sinned against than sinning, and it seems to have fallen upon me to do so.

  

  Ida B. Wells
  • Me
  • Race
  • Against

• Mostly this problem is contained in the fact that the US makes it so difficult for Canadians to get green cards (you heard it here), but if an American orchestra really wants a player, they have their ways.

  

  Lara St. John
  • American
  • Player
  • Green

• The State, in choosing men to serve it, takes no notice of their opinions. If they be willing faithfully to serve it, that satisfies.

  

  Oliver Cromwell
  • Men
  • Opinions
  • Serve

• The new world economic order is not an exercise in philanthropy, but in enlightened self-interest for everyone concerned.

  

  Carlos Fuentes
  • World
  • Exercise
  • Philanthropy

• I really saw myself as the quintessential Cinderella. I think that's when I really thought about how I wanted to do something else and get away from all that.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
  • Think
  • Myself
  • Thought

• I don't focus on what I'm up against. I focus on my goals and I try to ignore the rest.

  

  Venus Williams
  • Up
  • Focus
  • Rest

• I always knew that I wanted to do something in business and I prepared myself for that.

  

  Earl Campbell
  • Business
  • Myself
  • Always

• Most of the movies I saw growing up were viewed as totally disposable, fine for quick consumption, but they have survived 50 years and are still growing.

  

  Manuel Puig
  • Up
  • Growing
  • Movies

• Imams must ridicule Caliphate fantasies. Exchange programmes between Muslim-only schools and non-Muslim-majority schools should be initiated. Community-based debates around these themes must no longer be shut down from fear of offence.

  

  Maajid Nawaz
  • Fear
  • Community
  • Down

• The idea of dependence is an explanation, whereas self-sufficiency is an unprecedented, nonanalogous concept in terms of what we know about life within nature. Is not self-sufficiency itself insufficient to explain self-sufficiency?

  

  Abraham Joshua Heschel
  • Life
  • Nature

• We are not compelled to believe in biological uniformity in order to affirm human freedom and dignity.

  

  E. O. Wilson
  • Believe
  • Freedom

• If one has no vanity in this life of ours, there is no sufficient reason for living.

  

  Leo Tolstoy
  • Life

• Those locks of jet are turned to gray, And she is strange and far away That might have been mine own to-day -That might have been mine own, my dear, Through many and many a happy year - That might have sat beside me here.

  

  Lewis Carroll
  • She
  • Happy

• China invaded Tibet. It invaded it. So all this nonsense about them being the same country is absurd. It's called Tibet. If it was part of China, it would be called China, wouldn't it?

  

  Joanna Lumley
  • Country

• When a father of a daughter dies, you elevate them. And you sort of deify them.

  

  Mariella Frostrup
  • Father
  • Daughter

• Concerning Poland, I can only say that the peoples of Central Europe and Hungary are a community in fate, to the death. Many of us would spill our blood for Poland any time. And vice versa: in an emergency, many Polish people would give his life to protect Hungarians. This has happened more than once over the course of history.

  

  Viktor Orban
  • People
  • Life
  • Time

• Books opened up a whole new world to me. Through them I discovered new ideas, traveled to new places, and met new people. Books helped me learn to understand other people and they taught me a lot about myself. ... Some books you never forget. Some characters become your friends for life.

  

  Judy Blume
  • People
  • World
  • Character

• I appreciate life, talk a lot, love to laugh, and am very optimistic.

  

  Kiana Tom
  • Life
  • Optimistic

• Seeking the face of God in everything, everyone, all the time, and his hand in every happening; This is what it means to be contemplative in the heart of the world. Seeing and adoring the presence of Jesus, especially in the lowly appearance of bread, and in the distressing disguise of the poor.

  

  Mother Teresa
  • World
  • Heart
  • Mean

• I'll never forget Hurricane Katrina - the mix of a natural and a man-made catastrophe that resulted in the death of over 1,500 of our neighbors. Millions of folks were marked by the tragedy.

  

  Cedric Richmond
  • Death
  • Forget
  • Neighbors