Alicia Garza Quotes
My definition of feminism is a social, political, economic system by which all genders are valued, respected, and can live dignified lives.
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A good editor understands what you're talking and writing about and doesn't meddle too much.
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I am a genius who has written poems that will survive with the best of Shakespeare, Wordsworth and Keats.
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Women often have a great need to portray themselves as sympathetic and pleasing, but we're also dark people with dark thoughts.
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I don't have a connection to the fashion world at all.
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The weapon of suicide bombing is so desperate that you aren't even left with the possibility of taking revenge or punishing anyone; the terrorist is killed along with his victims, his blood mixing with theirs.
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I'm really thankful to God, man. Like now, I'm really making a real comeback with my group. With or without a record, with or without a movie. And behind all the negative press behind this movie.
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For prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.
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I always had dreams as a kid. I definitely sat at home and watched the Oscars every year and got emotional every year at everyone's speeches.
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Marriage is a gamble, let's be honest.
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Countries like France should not be naive. We don't have a French YouTube or Amazon or Netflix.
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I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.
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Black beans and soy beans are the cornerstones of longevity diets around the world.
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Jealousy is the worst trait in any person.
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I can't tell you how many times I've been writing and then found myself seven clicks deep into a Wikipedia entry that I don't even care about. Self-distraction appears to be my version of sleepwalking.
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I don't putt face-on exclusively, but in the back on my mind I'm haunted by the notion that I'm sure it's the best way to putt.
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So whatever I might have started to learn at that age was all undone by the next director and next crew in the next cheap picture, because I was allowed to get away with murder.
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I can remember as a young lieutenant being sent into the DMZ in the divided Vietnam, from North Vietnam.
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I love Chicago. It's one of my favorite cities, hands down.
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The man who sets out to live the life worthwhile-to follow his vision and speak his heart-need not look for position, honors, prosperity.
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I'm an active author: I travel to give readings and talks, although I know it's risky.
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I wanted to be a cartoonist, and then I wanted to go into film - not as an actor, but as a writer-director - and then I found myself during film school at the University of Southern California listening to the Clarence Thomas hearings in class on my Walkman, and I realized L.A. was not really for me.
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The voice of women, the voice of those most closely involved in bringing forth new life, has not always been listened to when it pleaded and implored against the waste of life in war after war.
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My definition of feminism is a social, political, economic system by which all genders are valued, respected, and can live dignified lives.
