Amandla Stenberg Quotes
As I started to explore my gender identity, I didn't know how I could claim the title of 'feminist' without subscribing to the gender binary. I thought I had to be a proud woman to be a feminist. Then I came to the realization that I can be proud of women without necessarily identifying as one.
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For clothes and accessories, I love my friend's boutique; One by One and UT.LAB for shoes.
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It is indeed hard for the strong to be just to the weak, but acting justly always has its rewards.
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My little circle of friends know how twisted my brain is. I'm constantly reading and people always think, 'Ah, we didn't know that about you', but that's part of my charm.
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The way I write is that I'll actually have a conversation out loud with myself. In a weird way, I just kind of get schizophrenic and play two characters.
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To prosper and advance, the American business sector is going to need a financial system oriented toward business, not 'home ownership.'
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Winemakers have to adapt to what they're given by nature: the vines, the fruit, the soil and the weather.
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One has to have the courage of one's pessimism.
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One and one is two, and two and two is four, and five will get you ten if you know how to work it.
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Apartheid is inherently a practice of violence.
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From 'Midnight Cowboy' to 'Taxi Driver' is a brief era whose grit, beauty, and violence has been quite mythologized.
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People in power, they're so used to people kind of playing up to them.
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Conflict is the beginning of consciousness.
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A movie star is someone who has to open a film to gazillions of dollars. I'm just trying to pay my mortgage.
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I think lots of men are like that. We sort of get dressed by our girlfriends.
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Among the rednecks of America, which there are many more than people seem to realize, it was terribly damaging. I got blamed for O.J.'s acquittal.
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Terrorism is a significant threat to peace and security, prosperity and people.
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Acting is a form of confession.
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We need to tell young people that America was built by men and women of all colors and that the future of this country is dependent on the participation of all of our citizens.
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I've worked with the great and the not-so-great. But mostly I've worked with men and women who loved their profession, and who like me, had kids to raise and houses to pay for.
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Everybody needs a killer LBD. If you're a woman, you should find that LBD that gives you that extra pep and confidence.
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Politeness is wasted on the dishonest, who will always take advantage of any well-intended concession.
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If I tell you there's cheese on the moon, bring the crackers.
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As I started to explore my gender identity, I didn't know how I could claim the title of 'feminist' without subscribing to the gender binary. I thought I had to be a proud woman to be a feminist. Then I came to the realization that I can be proud of women without necessarily identifying as one.
