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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Despite the obvious benefits, many Americans do not like Texas. Some even say they despise Texas, and make no secret of their feelings.
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I like simple things. Elastic waists, so I can eat.
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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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I used to have all these plans and think 'Ah, I have my whole life figured out', but then I realized no matter how much I plan: life happens! So I find myself living day to day trying to do my best, embracing every moment as a learning opportunity and chance to get to know myself a little more.
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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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I'd like to open an animal orphanage in Kenya. I do a lot of work for Born Free.
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Terrorism is a significant threat to peace and security, prosperity and people.
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Despair exists only when there is hope.
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People are going to behave however the social norms permit, and beyond that.
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O eternal truth and true love and beloved eternity! You are my God; to you I sigh by day and by night. And when I first knew you, you raised me up so that I could see that there was something to see and that I still lacked the ability to see it. And you beat back the weakness of my sight, blazing upon me with your rays, and I trembled in love and in dread.
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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.
