Clint Smith Quotes

To operate with the aspiration of color-blindness in a country whose central operating mechanism for centuries has been race belies the logic of race-neutral public policy. Public policy must account for the historic and intentional pillaging of resources experienced by black Americans.

Clint Smith

Recitation: by Male by Female

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BlackLogicCountryIntentionalRace

We are not about creating a Forrest dynasty, we're about helping others.

Andrew Forrest

CreatingOthersDynastyHelping

It is well known that the Nobel Committees bring world opinion to a focus, and that fact still further enhances the prestige attaching to the Prizes.

Robert Robinson

FocusOpinionWorldBringWellFact

I paint paintings of people.

Amy Sherald

PeoplePaintPaintings

I'm the world's worst after-dinner speaker. I need pictures to respond to. I was the voice of the lottery balls once and got the sack.

Sid Waddell

WorldVoicePicturesWorstBalls

My kid could get a bad X-ray and I could get a call from the doctor saying I have something growing in my bum and that would change my perspective on everything instantaneously, on what is and what is not important.

Tom Hanks

ChangePerspectiveDoctorSayingBad

You - I don't think anybody ever forgets the first person they fell in love with. That's something that everybody remembers, and it doesn't matter what the time period is or where; I mean, those feelings are always the same.

Rob Reiner

LoveTimeThinkYouFeelingsPerson

I write every morning. From about a quarter to nine to a quarter to one. It might be nine to one, or 8:30 to 12:30.

Ruth Rendell

MorningWriteQuarterNineEvery

I'd be a lot more excited about eliminating earmarks if we reduced all of the spending by whatever the earmarks used to be, but nobody's, apparently, going to talk about doing that.

Roy Blunt

DoingNobodyTalkMoreWhatever

We have food deserts in our cities. We know that the distance you live from a supplier of fresh produce is one of the best predictors of your health. And in the inner city, people don't have grocery stores. So we have to figure out a way of getting supermarkets and farmers markets into the inner cities.

Michael Pollan

LiveHealthFoodBestPeopleCity

Commercial thermoelectrics are a reality. The automobile industry is now working with conventional thermoelectric materials. They are interested a little bit in nanostructuring because under some conditions, the nanostructures work.

Mildred Dresselhaus

WorkRealityNowAutomobileLittle

Ultimately, I ended up playing for three NFL teams. That's something I'm proud of, just to get to that level.

Jordan Rodgers

ProudThreeUpPlayingSomething

Prior to 'Pirates of the Caribbean' - the first one in 2003 - I had been essentially known within the confines of Hollywood as box office poison, you know what I'm saying? You know, I basically had built a career on 20 years of failures.

Johnny Depp

SayingYouCareerKnowHollywood

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