Angie Thomas Quotes

I think the more we see more officers holding each other accountable, the more we will see people trust cops in this country.

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• 'Skins' is about a group of teenagers in Bristol, and it's all about what they get up to and all the different things they do. I think it's a good show because it's come from a very real place, and there's a lot of young people involved in the writing.

  

  Hannah Murray
  • People
  • Up
  • Good

• I always get sick of these conversations where people are so obsessed with pixels, with high definition, and even with technology in general. I find it just dull and heartless. And so I wanted to use only the worst machines.

  

  Harmony Korine
  • People
  • High
  • Technology

• Anyone can wear any color. The question is about finding the right shade. There is a momentary trend to dark colors because when the financials are not that great, people go for black, navy and grey.

  

  Ozwald Boateng
  • People
  • Great
  • Black

• Maybe I should pretend like I'm not insecure, but I really am. This movie is going to come out and... will people like it? Will they like Rey?

  

  Daisy Ridley
  • People
  • Movie
  • Like

• Being famous has changed a lot, because now there's so many outlets, between magazines, TV shows, and the Internet, for people to stalk and follow you. We created the monster.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
  • People
  • Famous
  • Internet

• The secret of doing well on TV is to understand that it's not too important. A lot of people watching doesn't change anything.

  

  Jack Germond
  • People
  • Important
  • Change

• But black people fall for that same argument, and they go around talking about law breakers. We did not make the laws in this country. We are neither morally nor legally confined to those laws. Those laws that keep them up, keep us down.

  

  H. Rap Brown
  • People
  • Up
  • Country

• Religious beliefs are sacred to people, and at all times should be respected and honoured.

  

  Isaac Hayes
  • People
  • Religious
  • Beliefs

• People like to pigeonhole you. It's easier.

  

  Viggo Mortensen
  • People
  • You
  • Easier

• People thought we were a joke because we got noticed so fast.

  

  Yolandi Visser
  • People
  • Thought
  • Fast

• I wasn't really the most charming person, socially – it took me a long time to develop my people skills – but the one place I was always comfortable was onstage, acting or singing.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • Time
  • Singing
  • Person

• America will be far safer if we reduce the chances of a terrorist attack in one of our cities than if we diminish the civil liberties of our own people.

  

  Nancy Pelosi
  • People
  • America
  • Own

• I'm not confident around compliments or being celebrated, and I'm not comfortable with the thought of envy, which some people thrive on.

  

  Rachel Weisz
  • People
  • Thought
  • Envy

• The goal with a big piece of social legislation is to have a bipartisan result, so the country will accept it.

  

  Lamar Alexander
  • Country
  • Goal
  • Accept

• The atom bomb is a paper tiger which the United States reactionaries use to scare people. It looks terrible, but in fact it isn't.

  

  Mao Zedong
  • People
  • United States
  • Tiger

• We have to look to the well-being of the Lebanese citizens and create prosperity in the country, and you can't create prosperity without stability.

  

  Najib Mikati
  • Country
  • Look
  • Wellbeing

• It's no use of talking unless people understand what you say.

  

  Zora Neale Hurston
  • People
  • You
  • Understand

• The women who don't feel that people think they're sexy are the ones who seem to titillate in that way, because they don't feel like they're getting that kind of approval.

  

  Vanessa Carlton
  • People
  • Women
  • Sexy

• It's amazing to think how powerful of a force optimism and hope can be. It's the thing that saves me. I believed that I lived in the greatest country in the world. I still believe that, and consequently, I believed that I had a chance, even though things around me were absolutely crazy and difficult.

  

  J. D. Vance
  • World
  • Believe
  • Country

• When I was a young coach, there were people like Chuck Noll, Chuck Knox and Tom Landry who were there for me.

  

  Bill Parcells
  • People

• The H-bomb rather favors small nations that doesn't as yet possess it; they feel slightly more free to jostle other nations, having discovered that a country can stick its tongue out quite far these days without provoking war, so horrible are war's consequences.

  

  E. B. White
  • Country
  • War
  • Free

• I took charge of the government as per my commitment to serving the country and the people, and not out of any greed for yet another post.

  

  Khil Raj Regmi
  • People
  • Country
  • Commitment

• I don't mind to speak about myself until a certain point, but I think there's also stuff which is for myself that nobody has to know.

  

  Dominic Thiem
  • Mind

• I think the more we see more officers holding each other accountable, the more we will see people trust cops in this country.

  

  Angie Thomas
  • People
  • Country
  • Trust