Roger Ross Williams Quotes

Expectations that black directors have to make black films about black subject matter are, to me, kind of absurd.

Roger Ross Williams

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I am very proud of my public record and the many accomplishments of my office. It has been a tremendous honor to represent the 6th District of Texas for over three decades, but now it is time to step aside and let there be a new voice.

Joe Barton

TimeI AmStepProudVoiceTexas

You know, we all can do bad, and we all can do good.

John Boyega

GoodYouBadKnow

It is important to realize that the process of 'fostering' a passion takes trial and error. It takes experience; you cannot do it all in your head. And it takes a long time.

Angela Duckworth

PassionTimeExperienceProcessYou

You'll be tested every single day.

John Ratzenberger

DayYouSingleEveryTested

McCain likes strong defense, and he's viscerally suspicious of big companies. So he's more a Square Deal guy than a New Deal guy.

Amity Shlaes

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Outsourcing is inevitable, and I don't think it's necessarily treating people like things.

Stephen Covey

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When you get released from the NFL it's not a pleasant experience and I may have sulked for about two or three years. Then I was like, 'You know what? It's time to get back on the wagon.' I have nothing to be ashamed of.

Stephen Baker

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Every intelligence operation carries risks.

Ronen Bergman

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I've had two cancer bouts in my years on the Court, and the first one, Justice O'Connor told me, 'Now, you do the chemotherapy on Friday because you'll get over it during the weekend and you can be back in court on Monday.'

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

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Gangsters lived in the neighborhood. They weren't apart from it. Their relationships with people were both benevolent and scary.

Ruby Dee

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I just want people to hear the music the way it's suppose to sound, the way we meant for them to hear it. You sit in the studio all this time and make the music, tweak it, try to get it perfect. They should be able to hear it that way.

Dr. Dre

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The traditional writer is a sensitive only child, asthmatic, who sits on the window seat watching the drops of rain slide down the pane, very introspective. I'm not inward-looking. I would never go to a shrink. I don't want to know what I'm thinking. I don't really like discussions in my family. It may be an avoidance thing.

Deborah Moggach

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