DeRay Mckesson Quotes

I am excited to return to city schools... and to continue doing the work to ensure that every child in Baltimore City receives a world-class education.

DeRay Mckesson

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People can get their news any way they want. What I love about what's happened is that there are so many different avenues, there are so many different outlets, so many different ways to debate and discuss and to inquire about any given news story.

Jim Lehrer

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I had a bilateral lisp, and I was overweight. I was the kid who played with the flowers on the ground in the outfield during baseball. I was that kid.

Jeffrey Tambor

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So many gay men are mothers to so many young people, me included. I've had gay men who were more mother to me than my own mother ever was.

Michael Arden

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Parents should monitor their behavior, know who their friends are, and keep track of what they do.

John Walters

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At Real Madrid, I did heading drills with Cristiano Ronaldo. You see him go up for headers, that spring and power - he is a real beast. At Juventus, I saw Fernando Llorente, how he finds space and directs his headers.

Alvaro Morata

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I'd been gearing up to working in theatre since coming out of drama school, but it was an exciting time for TV drama - it was the birth of Channel 4, and Brookside was very cutting-edge at the time.

Amanda Burton

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I could happily lean on a gate all the livelong day, chatting to passers-by about the wind and the rain. I do a lot of gate-leaning while I am supposed to be gardening; instead of hoeing, I lean on the gate, stare at the vegetable beds and ponder.

Tom Hodgkinson

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Masood Ahmed brings to the position of director of external relations extensive experience gained in a range of senior positions in international finance and development.

Rodrigo Rato

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I'm definitely an indoor kid who's turned into an inside person.

Mary H.K. Choi

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Act well at the moment, and you have performed a good action for all eternity.

Michael Korda

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My earliest memories of music are probably my dad listening to a bunch of outlaw country, but also old R&B and Ray Charles, Aretha Franklin. But, you know, I had rock phases and liked more modern R&B acts. I've always listened to all kinds of music, and I like all kinds of music.

Chris Stapleton

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Precisely because white denial has long trumped claims of racism, people of color tend to underreport their experiences with racial bias rather than exaggerate them.

Tim Wise

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