Maximillian Degenerez Quotes

I always knew I was brainy. It struck me when I was a child that I wanted to be an adult because I never felt I belonged among children whose minds were so much simpler than mine.

Maximillian Degenerez

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ChildrenChildMeBrainyNeverMine

Michael Jordan brings millions of dollars when he shows up in an arena. Since money is how we judge people, he's very valuable. But while that's happening, Rome is burning within the black community.

Jim Brown

CommunityMoneyPeopleBlackJudge

I have a lot of friends who get up most mornings and go to jobs they absolutely hate. I don't think that's what life is about and I'm so fortunate that I actually love what I do.

Jerry Herman

LifeLoveHateThinkFriendsGo

When Barack Obama got elected, I remember being in Harlem specifically. I remember watching that whole part of town just swell. People walked the streets, but it wasn't a riot - it wasn't mayhem. It was a unified feeling of euphoria.

Mike Colter

PeopleRememberFeelingWatchingGot

More people smile at me now I'm richer.

Mo Ibrahim

SmilePeopleMeNowMoreRicher

My earliest memories are of the civil rights era. My earliest experiences were rage.

Janine di Giovanni

MemoriesCivil RightsRageRights

You see the guys sign the big contract, you see everybody on TV, but you don't see all the work that goes into that. It's a grind. And a lot of people don't see that grind.

Draymond Green

WorkPeopleYouGrindSeeBig

I felt I came back rather quickly from being ill and didn't give myself the time to reflect.

Delta Goodrem

TimeMyselfBackReflectBeingGive

A director just pushes them a little this way or that way.

Debbie Allen

WayDirectorLittleJustThem

Thom Browne, Michael Bastian... all these people that I love, when I finally get to meet them, I'm like, 'You're a cool guy!'

Brad Goreski

LovePeopleCoolYouMeetGuy

Electoral politics was always an objective of the Black Panther party, so Barack Obama is a part of what we dreamed and struggled and died for.

Bobby Seale

PoliticsBlackPartyAlwaysPanther

The '80s market was only a Japanese market. It was the Japanese outbidding each other for the most expensive works of art. When the Japanese economy went down the tubes, there was no one left to pay the prices that have been recorded for all of those works.

Arne Glimcher

ArtDownEconomyPayExpensiveLeft

Everybody knows that L.A. is known for its addiction to the single-passenger automobile, the gridlock, the congestion on the freeways.

Antonio Villaraigosa

AddictionAutomobileKnowsEverybody

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