Alicia Garza Quotes
The Clintons use black people for votes but then don't do anything for black communities after they're elected. They use us for photo ops.
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It's a luxury to not have to just be performing with other people to have my music heard.
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I was born in Bradford, a city in the north of England that God forgot about. A place where most people never leave, but if they do, they certainly never go back.
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I worked as a telemarketer for an SAT-prep company. That was the worst of it, because I had to call people in post-Katrina New Orleans and offer them this very, very expensive SAT class. And I'm not even a good salesman.
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The most important service rendered by the press and the magazines is that of educating people to approach printed matter with distrust.
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I get so excited when a song I wrote that's very personal to me goes No. 1 and I look down and see people singing the words back to me.
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I made lots of talks and challenged lots of people.
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All of my favorite people - people I really trust - none of them were cool in their younger years.
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I realise how important it is to use the time I have. I respect people who want to do that by watching television. I happen to want to read books. But I know I can't read all the books or watch all the movies in one lifetime.
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People die because they find living too painful.
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The misperception about the South is that everybody is racist, and all black people are victims, that what was prevalent in the '60s is only relegated to the South.
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People don't blame the act of driving for auto accidents.
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Gentrification always makes me laugh. People complain about traffic. Live in Atlanta! You can't have it both ways; you can't live in an incredible city and not expect it to get congested.
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In my life, I've never really listened to when people start forming opinions on how you should be doing things.
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Those few people who do respond to the dire conditions of the future - journalists, environmentalists, behavioral scientists - tend not to be powerful.
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To be aware of others' accomplishments and the indebtedness we have to so many people is to appreciate and begin to respect all members of the human family.
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There are people who are good for letters and others that are good for numbers.
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The general message would be to say to all these young people: If you have entrepreneurial aspirations, there is money, there are consumers, there is a huge market. The only thing you need to do is to go there and start doing things.
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Marriage is socialism among two people.
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When I signed up for Google Plus, it recommended 500 people for me to invite. You know, and once I invited those 500 people I got another 500 people. So it has a huge install base that it can start from.
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It's important for me to sell a product that works.
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Certain men get intimidated and insecure around me. They can never get over the fact that I am taller than they are, but it really shouldn't matter.
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He didn’t look all right to me. 'Has anyone gone for the doctor?''Marse Tom don’t hardly get Doc West for ague. He says all the doc knows is bleeding and blistering and purging and puking and making folks sicker than they was to start.'
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Cooking is great, love is grand, but souffles fall and lovers come and go. But you can always depend on a book!
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The Clintons use black people for votes but then don't do anything for black communities after they're elected. They use us for photo ops.
