Michelle Alexander Quotes

If there is any hope that we in America might one day overcome our own history of genocide, slavery, discrimination, and oppression and create a justice system that is truly a source of international pride rather than shame, I suspect Rwanda may have as much to teach us about what is required as any tour of a Norwegian prison.

Michelle Alexander

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: October 7, 1967

Topics

HopeHistoryJusticeDaySlavery

I enjoy my life very much.

Joe Nichols

LifeMy LifeEnjoyMuchVery

I do a little bit of minimal brow wrangling myself. I get the strays out of the way.

Jennifer Connelly

MyselfWayOutLittleGetMinimal

I think the average citizen is going to see no less than a $1,500 or more increase in what it's going to cost for basic living next year,... Taking sales tax off food isn't going to take care of all of that, but I think it's a way that we can help.

Ann Robinson

FoodThinkCareTake CareHelpYear

Everyone is flawed and everyone makes mistakes and is culpable.

Steve Carell

MistakesEveryoneFlawedMakes

People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use.

Soren Kierkegaard

FreedomPeopleThoughtSpeechDemand

The world is but a perpetual see-saw.

Michel de Montaigne

WorldPerpetual

I think that there's something in the American psyche, it's almost this kind of right or privilege, this sense of entitlement, to resolve our conflicts with violence. There's an arrogance to that concept if you think about it. To actually have to sit down and talk, to listen, to compromise, that's hard work.

Michael Moore

WorkHard WorkCompromiseThinkYou

I don't know if any famous people follow me, but their daughters definitely do.

Lucky Blue Smith

PeopleMeFamousKnowFollowAny

In 2010, I attended Prince George's Community College in hopes of transferring to The University of Maryland. My major was computer science, and the goal was to one day work as an I.T.

Jay IDK

WorkCommunityScienceDayCollege

I almost think of nerd brains as rattlesnake venom; like, you can milk it. You can milk the pulpy venom out of the nerd brain and use it for good if you want to.

Chris Hardwick

GoodBrainThinkYouWantMilk

You never know what's coming round the corner. There's only one thing coming round the corner - more corners.

Bradley Walsh

YouKnowMoreNeverCornerComing

Being stubborn can be a good thing. Being stubborn can be a bad thing. It just depends on how you use it.

Willie Aames

GoodStubbornYouBadBeingJust

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