DeRay Mckesson Quotes

I just couldn't believe that the police would fire tear gas into what had been a peaceful protest. I was running around, face burning, and nothing I saw looked like America to me.

DeRay Mckesson

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I had more money than I could spend in million lifetimes.

John McAfee

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It is like football with coaches, like, 'We're only going to think about the next game.' It is really true, all you think is, 'Okay, we have to make a good next episode.'

Matt Stone

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Yes, horoscopes still persist in popular newspapers, but they are there only for the severely scientifically challenged, or for entertainment; the idea that the stars determine our fate has lost all intellectual currency.

Robert J. Shiller

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Life would certainly be easier if we all came equipped with our own personal FAQ lists. When we meet someone, we could pass them a business card with the list on the back, and then step back and let them read before we tried to talk.

Jeff Lindsay

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To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind.

John Tillotson

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When we act ignorant as a community, we are not doing the right thing.

Tony Cardenas

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My dad has had a rare form of leukemia since I was in about 7th grade. But they've come up with some amazing drugs since then and he's doing really well today.

Tom DeLonge

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My life off the court has changed. I'm feeling good inside, so I guess it shows on the outside too.

Mary Pierce

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I've probably had more jobs than any other actor living.

Dick Van Patten

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If I have to pick one story that most influenced 'The Hunger Games,' it would be the Greek myth of Theseus, which I read when I was about 8 years old. In punishment for past deeds, Athens periodically had to send seven youths and seven maidens to a labyrinth. In the maze was this Minotaur, and it would eat them.

Suzanne Collins

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I don't think we should be deceived that art is such a moral thing.

Svetlana Alexievich

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The inviolability of the seal of confession is so fundamental to the very nature of the sacrament that any proposal which undermines that inviolability is a challenge to the rights of every Catholic to freedom of religion and conscience.

Sean Brady

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