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		We have dealt with the Arab/Muslim problem in the American media in every single way but through comedy. Hollywood has always been lagging behind comedy... We can make fun of ourselves, too, and I'm inviting us to laugh with us - and all the misconceptions.
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Bassem Youssef 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
	
	
	
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		I don't like doing the same material over and over again. It's not fun. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Wanda Sykes 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Don't take yourself too seriously. Know when to laugh at yourself, and find a way to laugh at obstacles that inevitably present themselves. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Halle Berry 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I moved from a mountain with one traffic light to New York City when I was 17, and it was an amazing, eye opening, creative adventure. I would walk through the streets of Manhattan looking up at these huge buildings, amazed that I didn't know a single person in any of them. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Rachel Boston 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		My Native American heritage was not embraced by our family, and we grew up African-American, so I didn't have a lot of access or history to that line of my family. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Tamara Tunie 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		The biggest accomplishment, in racial terms, for Barack Obama was being elected. He had to overcome his blackness to be elected. He climbed the Mt. Everest of American politics, becoming an historic first. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Randall Kennedy 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I think this is really a defining moment for the Arab world. The problem is, it is all going to be about blood, sweat and tears. In certain countries it may be just sweat, and in some countries sweat and tears, and in some countries, as you can see, a lot of blood. I think initial instability is something that we are all extremely nervous of. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Abdullah II of Jordan 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	 
		
	
	
	
	
		I had no need of sails to drive me, nor oars nor wheels to push me, nor rails to give me a faster road. Air is what I wanted, that was all. Air surrounds me as water surrounds the submarine boat, and in it my propellers act like the screws of a steamer. That is how I solved the problem of aviation. That is what a balloon will never do, nor will any machine that is lighter than air. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jules Verne 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Trump's racism has clearly driven his policy decisions during his first year in office - from his Muslim ban and his despicable treatment of DREAMers to his ruthless ramp-up of immigration raids and the callous termination of protections for Haitians and Salvadorans who fled natural disaster and violence. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Opal Tometi 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		Instead of establishing facts, we have to overthrow errors; instead of ascertaining what is, we have to chase from our imaginations what is not. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Frances Wright 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		To go from chairman of the House Appropriations Committee in the Kansas Legislature to one of 50 on the Appropriations Committee and one of 435 in the whole House, it is more difficult to directly impact policy here. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Kevin Yoder 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		I like the fact that I'm living in the world rather than in a university. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Jay McInerney 
			 
		 
	
	
  
	 
	
	
	
	
		We have dealt with the Arab/Muslim problem in the American media in every single way but through comedy. Hollywood has always been lagging behind comedy... We can make fun of ourselves, too, and I'm inviting us to laugh with us - and all the misconceptions. 
	
	 
	
		
			
				
					
						 
					 
				
				Bassem Youssef