DeRay Mckesson Quotes

I am often asked what it is like to be on the 'front line.' But I do not use the term 'front line' to describe us, the protesters. Because everywhere in America, wherever we are, our blackness puts us in close proximity to police violence.

DeRay Mckesson

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Because of the wonderfully positive response to 'Life's That Way,' I am considering writing some more autobiographical stuff - maybe another book. I don't know. It doesn't help that I'm lazy.

Jim Beaver

LifePositiveI AmWritingBookWay

Keep your eyes open to your mercies. The man who forgets to be thankful has fallen asleep in life.

Robert Louis Stevenson

LifeThankfulEyesManBe Thankful

I've lost count of all my assistant coaches who have been made head coaches.

Sid Gillman

LostHeadCountAssistantBeenMade

Fame is the worst thing that can happen to a person. I choose not to appear in anything publicly. Twitter's it!

Sia

ChoosePersonFameWorstAnything

Surgeons always underestimate the pain and disability involved in what they do to people.

Robert Winston

PainPeopleDisabilityUnderestimate

No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a really nice man who wishes she were not.

Mary Catherine Bateson

WomanManWishesNiceMatterShe

Eighty-five percent of us in this country, by the way, live in coastal areas, so again, Katrina and Rita were not just about New Orleans. There were a lot of lessons that the nation can learn from us if they just pay attention to the things that are going on down here.

Mitch Landrieu

LiveLearnAttentionDownCountry

Milk Duds and Hot Tamales are what I love.

Donald Cerrone

LoveMilkHotI Love

It's so hard to listen to an album you created and without remembering where you were when you wrote it or referencing the the recording experience.

Coy Bowles

ExperienceYouListenHardWithout

And while God had work for Paul, he found him friends both in court and prison. Let persecutors send saints to prison, God can provide a keeper for their turn.

William Gurnall

WorkGodPrisonFriendsHimTurn

The deaf culture is portrayed very accurately on 'Switched at Birth' because the writers did the opposite of the norm. They did their homework before portraying anything on television.

Sean Berdy

CultureHomeworkTelevisionDeafDid

In boxing, if a fighter doesn't leave the sport on time, something bad is likely to happen.

Thomas Hauser

TimeBadBoxingFighterLeaveSport

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