DeRay Mckesson Quotes

I think about freedom and the urgency around our imagination. If you can't imagine it, you can't fight for it.

DeRay Mckesson

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FreedomImaginationFightThinkYou

Working out, no matter what time of the night, rejuvenates me. At times, I don't feel sleepy after a workout session, as I am all fresh and charged up, and I don't mind compromising on my sleep.

Anita Hassanandani Reddy

TimeSleepI AmMindMeNight

It's been a while since I've studied: since high school. It's a lot of work, a lot of work.

Tommy Lee

WorkSchoolHigh SchoolHighBeen

My style is to keep folks in place who are good managers and want to win.

Tom Hicks

GoodStyleWinPlaceWantKeep

When I taught a civil rights class at the University of Maryland Law School, I would do an exercise with my students. I'd write 'civil rights' on the board and ask them to tell me what immediately came to mind.

Tom Perez

SchoolMindMeLawExerciseClass

I love to learn; I really do. We'd study something in class, and I'd take it outside of class and become, like, obsessive and just research everything.

Mary-Kate Olsen

LoveResearchLearnClassBecome

In Saudi Arabia - recognized as one of the worst violators of women's rights - women outnumber men on university campuses and yet are treated like minors who need a male guardian's permission to do the most basic things.

Mona Eltahawy

WomenMenWorstNeedUniversity

I am not joining politics. I don't intend to contest election. I am happy to be back to doing normal things, be it films or other work.

Juhi Chawla

WorkPoliticsI AmHappyDoingBack

Too many countries of the former Soviet bloc remain under the control of authoritarian leaders, including some, like the Russian president, Vladimir Putin, who have learned how to maintain a more convincing facade of elections than their communist predecessors.

Joseph Stiglitz

ControlPresidentMoreAuthoritarian

It's great when you play to an audience that knows the words to all your songs, and sings them back to you.

Chris Cornell

GreatWordsYouBackPlayAudience

I always wanted to retire a Piston anyway. That's where I stayed the longest and had most of my success. I always wanted to be remembered as a Piston.

Chauncey Billups

SuccessAlwaysRetireRememberedHad

I find something fascinating about the quiet man in the background who has no desire to be the center of attention.

Christian Bale

ManAttentionFindQuietDesireWho

If you can write someone off as a bad person, then it's easier, but when someone is also great and noble and generous and kind and funny and contradictory, it gets harder.

Boy George

FunnyGreatSomeoneYouBadPerson

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