DeRay Mckesson Quotes

It will always be important that people continue to push on the system from the outside. It will also be important that people make the changes that we know are necessary on the inside.

DeRay Mckesson

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The goal of Australian foreign policy should be to promote the maximum harmony between the U.S. and China.

John Howard

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I studied English literature in the honors program, which means that you had to take courses in various centuries. You had to start with Old English, Middle English, and work your way toward the modern. I figured if I did that it would force me to read some of the things I might not read on my own.

Jeffrey Eugenides

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When I started singing, I couldn't be shut up.

Shirley Bassey

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For example, the opposition between acute and grave phonemes has the capacity to suggest an image of bright and dark, of pointed and rounded, of thin and thick, of light and heavy, etc.

Roman Jakobson

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In America, we have so many movies and so much media about the Islamic world, the sub-continental world, but it's not a conversation, it's a monologue. It's always from one point of view. 'If we don't tell our own stories, no one will tell them' is my mantra.

Mira Nair

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I did 'Damnation' on USA, and hopefully I keep picking up smaller roles and learn the craft.

Luke Harper

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I hope that everyone has the opportunity, whatever their work environment may be, to be surrounded by people that they respect and are inspired by.

Janet Varney

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The orchestra confides in me about their music director or their conductor, and I've never seen a conductor that's been liked by everyone.

Joshua Bell

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Scorsese will only work with brilliant material. And everyone wants to work with him.

Jason Statham

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Nothing exists except atoms and empty space; everything else is opinion.

Democritus

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People thought the storyline and characters for 'X-Files' made it a 'dark' show, but I never saw it that way. I always thought Mulder and Scully were the light in dark places.

Chris Carter

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Bill Astor knew these papers were missing. Stephen showed his hand in October.

Christine Keeler

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