Jenna Wortham Quotes

It's becoming much more common to see yoga studios offer classes aimed exclusively at people of color who are searching for ways to cope with racism and fears around police brutality.

Jenna Wortham

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I'm famous. That's my job.

Jerry Rubin

JobFamous

In order to invest in our future, we must ensure that we appropriately protect programs that provide skills, services, and education for middle-class Americans rather than providing tax breaks for large corporations.

John F. Tierney

EducationFutureTaxSkillsProtect

There can't be a pure myth, especially when the myth has been handed down in the oral tradition. As the stories are told, they change. If the stories don't change they just die.

Maxine Hong Kingston

ChangeDieTraditionDownPureMyth

The media is absolutely essential to the functioning of a democracy. It's not our job to cozy up to power. We're supposed to be the check and balance on government.

Amy Goodman

PowerJobBalanceGovernmentMedia

When I was 11, I won my first nationals at Savannah, defeating Kelly Henry in the finals.

Tracy Austin

FirstSavannahWonHenryFinals

I wanted to make the world of 'The Last Book in the Universe' as real as possible, so I spent a lot of time thinking about it. I decided the world would be a very different place, but people would be pretty much the same.

Rodman Philbrick

TimePeopleWorldBookThinking

Conformism is essential to the group coherence and 'spirit.' The whole impetus behind tribalism of this kind is conservative: Belonging to the tribe is defined by opposition to other tribes. Our tribe, and its traditional ways, is superior to other tribes because it is ours.

Russell Smith

BelongingKindGroupConservative

Sometimes with anger you can be much more dangerous than with skill.

Mathieu Amalric

AngerYouDangerousSkillSometimes

The thrill of writing songs for other people, when you get that right, that person's soul speaks to that song; you've done them a favor and the world a favor. That's what writing is all about - you're always trying to get the real picture.

LP

SoulPeopleWritingWorldSongYou

A lot of times, people make other people responsible for their joy: 'You're not making me happy, you're not doing this, you're not doing that.'

Joyce Meyer

JoyHappyPeopleMeDoingYou

It doesn't help to follow every rise and fall of your portfolio. It's better to tune out the day-to-day shifts, in fact. But getting a handle on the larger picture will make you feel more secure, and that goes a long way in calming your fear.

Jean Chatzky

FearBetterPictureFeelHelpYou

I think the most insidious version of crunch is when you say, 'Hey, I'm working for this triple-A video game; I personally want it to be as good as possible, so I'm going to stay tonight until 10 P.M. to finish this feature.'

Jason Schreier

GoodGameThinkYouWantPossible

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