Michelle Alexander Quotes

Public housing officials are free to discriminate against you on the basis of criminal records, including arrest records. And so, you know, what you find is that even for these extremely minor offenses, people find themselves trapped in a permanent second-class status and struggling to survive.

Michelle Alexander

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

PeopleSurviveFreeYouFindKnow

Actors talking about themselves. Nothing better!

Megan Mullally

BetterTalkingNothingThemselves

Like many people, I have a fascination with lies and the people who tell them. I wouldn't say I've never told a lie, but I don't think I've ever told one without both assuming I would be found out and feeling absolutely rotten about it.

Jean Hanff Korelitz

LiePeopleThinkFeelingSayNever

My dad saw 'A Dirty Shame.' I felt bad about my father knowing what 'felching' was.

John Waters

FatherBadDirtyShameKnowingSaw

I think the ongoing discussion of the world of advertising is, 'Where is the soul in advertising?'

John Slattery

SoulAdvertisingWorldThinkWhere

I need nine hours of sleep because of all the activity I do. It doesn't always happen, but I really try.

Ana Ivanovic

SleepTryNeedAlwaysHappenHours

Our Parliamentary system has simply failed to meet the challenge of judicial activism.

Stockwell Day

ChallengeMeetSystemActivismOur

I'm living my dream, and that's all you can ask for. At a certain point you have to ignore all the rest.

Sienna Miller

RestIgnoreYouDreamLivingAsk

I think 80 percent of the population are really great, caring people who will help you and tell you the truth. That's just the way it is. And I think 20 percent of the population are crooks and liars. It's just a fact.

Tom Hanks

TruthGreatCaringPeopleThinkYou

I try to do three active things a day because I have to fit into costumes that are very tight.

RuPaul

DayThreeTryActiveThingsBecause

I'm always working my own thing. A few times a week - I try to not go too crazy - I'm working with some other artist. But I'm constantly working my own stuff, and my own stuff seems to come in little bursts.

LP

CrazyWeekArtistGoMy OwnTry

Startups are now creating specialized 3-D printers capable of producing everything from synthetic hamburgers to multi-story apartment buildings.

Jay Samit

BuildingsCreatingNowEverything

If it wasn't for prison, I was in a bad way.

Jayson Williams

PrisonBadWayBad Way

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