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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I didn't fit in at school, and I didn't fit in at home, and I didn't know why. I was often lonely.
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Volunteering has been undervalued in Britain for a long time. Often it has been seen as a kind of cut-price, amateur version of work that would be better done by the state. When politicians speak about it, people hear in the background the sound of budgets being cut.
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I'm not an old, experienced hand at politics. But I am now seasoned enough to have learned that the hardest thing about any political campaign is how to win without proving that you are unworthy of winning.
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My motivation is not to try to inspire, but rather to do things that inspire me and hopefully that will spread to others.
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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.
