DeRay Mckesson Quotes

It's important to acknowledge the danger when we provide an academic venue for racism. It's interesting to hear people push the, quote, 'free speech' narrative in this way. They deny the speech of the people who disagree.

DeRay Mckesson

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No, we are not the master of the state, said King. We are not the servant of the state. We are the conscience of the state. The churches or the religious community should be, I think, the conscience of the state. We're not just service providers.

Jim Wallis

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An artist is nothing without his or her obsessions, and I have mine.

Andres Serrano

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When I write, I don't really focus on duets or anything like that or whether I'm going to feature this or that rapper. I just focus on just making a great song and figure out the rest later.

John Legend

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I wanted to explore the possibility that this could have become 'Planet of the Humans and the Apes' instead of just 'Planet of the Apes,' so I wanted there to be this hope of connection as well as this inexorable pull towards what we know the series becomes.

Matt Reeves

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I see the world from the perspective of a 5'8" person, not someone who is 6'4". so naturally, I'm going to choose certain lens heights over and again... Sometimes nature makes choices for you.

Michael Mann

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It seems that the first victim of an Obama campaign is the truth. It seems that the first victim of an Obama campaign is the truth.

Mitt Romney

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To say I was near our president, performing at the Nobel Peace Prize... I think that's an amazing thing.

Luis Fonsi

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There are many, many, actors with whom I'd like to share a stage or a set.

Joshua Malina

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In order to influence a child, one must be careful not to be that child's parent or grandparent.

Don Marquis

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Peace has to be created, in order to be maintained. It will never be achieved by passivity and quietism.

Dorothy Thompson

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It's risky to show poor Americans. People see it as a downer. But I really wanted to make a tightly wound piece of storytelling that also happened to explode the myth of American affluence.

Debra Granik

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A life of frustration is inevitable for any coach whose main enjoyment is winning.

Chuck Noll

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