Jazz Jennings Quotes

I think we should have unisex bathrooms.

Jazz Jennings

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Young people have a right to optimism, and rightly so; human beings have grown and developed and accomplished wonderful feats in the world. But what mires me in pessimism is the fact that so much of life is pain and sorrow and willful ignorance and violence, and pushing back against that tide takes so much effort, so much steady fight. It's tiring.

Jesmyn Ward

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I think I am becoming obsessive-compulsive. David Beckham apparently turns all the Diet Coke cans in his fridge to face the same way every morning, and I nerdily sharpen all the pencils in my pot before sitting down to work.

Andrew O'Hagan

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Human rights are praised more than ever - and violated as much as ever.

Anna Lindh

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We have an extreme rightwing government in this country, although it's called the Labour government.

John Pilger

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Marriage is not about age; it's about finding the right person.

Sophia Bush

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There are no patents in finance.

Stephen A. Schwarzman

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Musicians are always eclectic. Musicians are always curious and hungry for new things.

Stew

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The idea that the growing demand for energy worldwide can be met with energy from nuclear power is nonsense.

Sigmar Gabriel

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Some white people are privileged, some aren't. Some black people are, some aren't. It's strikes me as, by definition, a racist attack in that it's making a generalization - a negative one - based on skin color.

Tucker Carlson

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I was immersed in popular songs of the time, of the '30s and '40s. I was writing songs, making fun of the attitudes of those songs, in the musical style of the songs themselves; love songs, folk songs, marches, football.

Tom Lehrer

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I feel that in order to learn as much about music as I would like to learn, I would need more than one lifetime.

Roscoe Mitchell

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Messrs. Washington and Lincoln would be appalled and saddened by what their successor, President Obama, and the modern Democratic Party are doing to the nation they dedicated their lives to keep alive.

Monica Crowley

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