Tomi Adeyemi Quotes

For readers of color, and especially black readers, black girls, I just want them to feel seen. And not just seen - I want them to feel epic and know that they are epic.

Tomi Adeyemi

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ColorBlackFeelKnowWantSeen

The more you change and stress the body the quicker it's going to adapt and change.

Jillian Michaels

ChangeStressYouBodyAdaptMore

I don't just work with these kids to make them good tumblers or good dancers. I'm working with them to make them good citizens - to become taxpayers, not tax-eaters. I teach them to say please and thank you. I show them how to use a knife and fork and how to fold a napkin.

Jesse White

WorkGoodThank YouYouSayBecome

I think there's a responsibility more as an artist to try and push in the direction you think comedy should go... The biggest thing I could do for the art that I love was keeping it art: keeping it special, keeping it honest, keeping it truthful.

Jerrod Carmichael

LoveArtResponsibilityThinkPush

I think people have to look at it from a certain view. I say things because, at the end of the day, I can say whatever I want.

Tory Lanez

DayPeopleThinkEnd Of The DayEnd

Doing something you enjoy at times of your own choosing and making a living from it: now tell me, is that work?

Tom Hodgkinson

WorkMeDoingEnjoyYouLiving

I love silent cinema but don't hold it sacred. Like any branch of film there are some very boring films alongside the masterpieces.

Michel Hazanavicius

LoveCinemaSilentBoringHoldFilm

In the fields of southwest Iowa, my parents and grandparents worked and sacrificed. Like so many Iowans, the American Dream for them was never about wealth or fame. Their dream was to leave their children and grandchildren a better life, with greater opportunity, than their own.

Joni Ernst

LifeOpportunityChildrenParents

I trained to be a priest - started to. I went to seminary school when I was 11. I wanted to be a priest, but when they told me I could never have sex, not even on my birthday, I changed my mind.

Johnny Vegas

BirthdaySchoolMindMeSexNever

'Keep your head down at school.' Those are sage words from my dad. They kept me in check for years.

Dhani Harrison

WordsSchoolMeDownYearsHead

Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing.

Colin Powell

OrganizationNothingNextCount

In times of conflict, our citizens have always been able to rise to the challenge. Maybe no greater example of that ability is found during the onset of World War II.

Chuck Norris

ChallengeWarConflictWorldRise

I'm just a shy and retreating kind of person. Sometimes I get in a real talkative mood - but not very often.

Brian Wilson

PersonSometimesKindMoodShyReal

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