Alicia Garza Quotes
Just like we don't live in a two-dimensional world, we don't live two-dimensional lives.
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I have an ambition to write a great book, but that's really a competition with myself. I've noticed that a lot of young writers, people in all media, want to be famous but they don't really want to do anything. I can't think of anything less worth striving for than fame.
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On the day when I was shot, all of my friends' faces were covered, except mine.
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When it comes to production and the overall sound, I don't really have a lot of intentions with it. I start off with melody and a lyrical idea, and then build off of that story.
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You don't go out and change your gender for a television show, O.K.? It ain't happening. I don't care who you are.
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Without knowing about flexibility, one cannot work out strategies to deal with the enemy and prepare for changes, and without knowing about the foundation of one's own culture, one would be contemptuous of the Confucian ethical codes.
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I didn't write the book to sell the book, but to tell my experiences.
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Just because a rapper is white, I don't feel the need to attack them.
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I don't even know how to define myself. I'm a person who writes. It's something I enjoy, and hopefully people enjoy it as well.
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I work out every day - and my daily routine is a mix of functional and strength training.
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I had a passport where I wrote 'artist' under 'occupation' and I remember thinking, 'That's it, it's proved!'
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Most quarrels are inevitable at the time; incredible afterwards.
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Attempting to get at truth means rejecting stereotypes and cliches.
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We suffered a terrible blow on 11 September 2001. We responded with fear and anger. A fight-or-flight response is adaptive in any species. For us, given our power, fight was the only response we could imagine.
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My life has become a reality show. When I am home, people are climbing trees with cameras. I feel that my personal space is being encroached upon. I will try and protect it as much as I can.
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War criminals in the U.S. and Israel are not punished: no international court has the courage to put them on trial.
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The general belief is that communists in the United Nations come only from the Iron Curtain countries, but this isn't so. We must remember that many of the representatives of free countries are members of the local Communist parties. If you add them all up, you will see they have an amazing degree of control.
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I know something quite sure. We'll never have peace with this Syrian regime. They'll never give us relief, and we'll never forget that.
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The battle is all over except the 'shouting' when one knows what is wanted and has made up his mind to get it, whatever the price may be.
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I respect Drake not only as a creative person but as a business mind as well. I think Drake's important.
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I don't like any art form barraged in violence or hurt.
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I think most of the time you can make something happen, and it's about not letting your imagination be limited by that.
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I am convinced that the world-wide protests during the Rivonia trial saved Mandela and his fellow-accused from a death sentence. But in South Africa, a life sentence means imprisonment until death - or until the defeat of the government which holds these men prisoner.
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Being popular comes when you have everything. But to be liked, it means that you must be treating people with respect and you must be showing kindness toward them.
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Just like we don't live in a two-dimensional world, we don't live two-dimensional lives.
