Benjamin Todd Jealous Quotes
The black community has been the foundation of the progressive community in this country for a long time.
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Reconciliation is a decision that you take in your heart.
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Fashion is a language, for sure, and it is a reflection of society.
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I have always had a sense of curiosity and aspiration.
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I like to play poker. I have a nice poker group that's been going on for years.
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I was raised to treat my body as a temple, but even as a little girl, I had a major issue with self-esteem. I thought there was something wrong with the temple.
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I'm a different kind of Republican. I've introduced a five-year balanced budget. I've introduced the largest tax cut in our history. I stood for ten and a half hours on the Senate floor to defend your right to be left alone.
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If I can just be thought of as Omari Hardwick who had a really, really solid career, and whose work is appreciated in its own right, I think that would be a great legacy to leave behind.
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I know how to read people. When you grow up in a rough environment, you have to have a sixth sense.
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Lead us not into temptation. Just tell us where it is; we'll find it.
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In the Soviet Union, capitalism triumphed over communism. In this country, capitalism triumphed over democracy.
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We are all in this together. We will all make it or none of us will make it. If everyone cleans up their act except one big ole country, it isn't going to work.
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When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will often guide him if he asks himself how it will tell a hundred years hence.
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My message is: You don't have to give up being popular, fun, or fashionable in order to be smart; they can go hand and hand. Doing math is a great way to exercise your brain; being smart is going to make you more powerful in life.
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I just don't see where I could possibly fit in directing a feature.
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I think management and technology all come into play in building a super-yacht. It is a challenge - a serious challenge.
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There is an honourable tradition in British public life that those charged with authority at the top of an organisation should accept responsibility for what happens in that organisation. I am therefore writing to the prime minister today to tender my resignation as chairman of the BBC.
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Before this distinguished assembly and the world, the bells today proclaim the joyous tidings of the completion of this quietly soaring tower.
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I have a brain and a uterus and I use both.
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I'm lucky to be getting a lot of good work in Tollywood. And I won't say I'm choosy, but of course, you have to select the best, and I'm trying to grab as many good films as I can. There was a time when I had to let go of some films which I regret now.
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I will always put family first. Every time I haven't, I have regretted it and apologised.
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You always have a second chance, as long as you believe you do and you try again, and stay positive and persistent and consistent.
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I think we have still to get to a place where we feel satisfied. We have this saying - 'In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king'. We are a little bit that way.
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It's not like a corporate job where the more you accumulate on your resume and the more hours you put in, the higher up you get; it's simply not the case. That being said, if I had known that and known what kind of career I'd get into, I still would have pursued it.
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The black community has been the foundation of the progressive community in this country for a long time.
