Rachel Sklar Quotes
Flip through the channels, and there is no denying it: The world of cable news - and their network chat-show brethren - is very, very white.
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What I know about this world is that white people will take care of themselves. And what I have learned is that if you are where they are on an equal basis, they cannot take care of themselves without taking care of you.
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When history is erased, people's moral values are also erased.
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My idols are Janis Joplin and Annie Lennox, who are neither of them from the typical pop culture.
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Europe believes that providing clear labelling for genetically modified food is a consumer right, but such practice is absolutely opposed by the vast majority of states in the U.S.
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In a democracy, allegations will never improve situations. So, I'm against allegations, but I always welcome criticism.
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I start the day with oatmeal with vanilla almond milk. If I don't, I'm dying by noon and eating everything in sight. On-set, I avoid crap and pack soup and salad. I cook pork chops or turkey tacos for dinner.
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One of the most important tools we have at the Small Business Administration (SBA) to reach high growth entrepreneurs is the Small Business Investment Company (SBIC) program.
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I phoned Joe Roth, who was head of the studio at the time, and told him how beautiful the film was, and that I was fully ready to support it, that Michael's work was wonderful and I imagined that Daniel would feel the same. He listened quietly and read between the lines.
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Many people in this world are still so identified with every thought that arises in their head. There is not the slightest space of awareness there.
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Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.
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The irony is that, coming from a white-collar British background, I tend to play blue-collar Americans!
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I can't stop people from writing imaginative stories about me entering politics.
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Our environment, the world in which we live and work, is a mirror of our attitudes and expectations.
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I must be honest here; I don't think there's such a thing as 'unconventional' when it comes to YA. YA readers are the most open-minded in the literary world. They'll read anything.
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Once you join the queue for the immigration line, pay attention to what the expeditor tells you. Have your papers ready. Don't have your cell phone out. Take off your hat. Open your passport to the page with your photo and present it to the immigration officer already open.
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It's no use crying over spilt summits.
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You're always going to have terrorism.
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London has the advantage of one of the most gloomy atmospheres in the world.
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The first cellphone I owned was hardly a slim, high-tech device - it was more like a brick with buttons, only with worse reception. If you wanted to use your phone to give someone a message, you were better off throwing it at him and hoping you broke his car window.
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Matt Millen, you draft a wide receiver every year. HOW DARE YOU SIR, HOW DARE YOU!
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What I actually wanted to do with my life is make a difference to the world. That led me into science very quickly.
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Palermo was lovely. The most beautifully situated town in the world - it dreams away its life in the Conca d'Oro, the exquisite valley that lies between two seas. The lemon groves and the orange gardens were entirely perfect.
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The image of a bedsheet ghost standing all alone in an empty house was something I was obsessed with. I really wanted to make a film about that image, and I was waiting for the right story to come along. When it did, I did my best to honor that image.
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Flip through the channels, and there is no denying it: The world of cable news - and their network chat-show brethren - is very, very white.
