Wyatt Cenac Quotes

When I worked on 'The Daily Show,' we had some puppets made of myself, John Oliver, and Jon Stewart. When I left the show, I stole the puppet. I took what was rightfully mine.

Wyatt Cenac

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I'm so thrilled to get to raise my kids in the environment that they are in. I think it's easy just to imagine that all these kids are spoiled and entitled. Part of what makes me be strong with my kids is the fact that I'm surrounded by other really firm strong moms.

Jennifer Garner

Be StrongMeStrongThinkEasyGet

While we must condemn any misuse of their authority, let's not forget that, by far, police are fulfilling their duty to protect and serve.

John Fleming

PoliceForgetAuthorityDutyProtect

The search for happiness has long been a dominant feature of American life. It's a byproduct of prosperity, not to mention the most famous line in the Declaration of Independence.

Meghan Daum

LifeHappinessIndependenceSearch

I ain't asking no one to fight. I've got my throne. If you want it, come see me.

Max Holloway

FightMeYouWantSeeAsking

I want history to remember me... not as the first black woman to have made a bid for the presidency of the United States, but as a black woman who lived in the 20th century and who dared to be herself. I want to be remembered as a catalyst for change in America.

Shirley Chisholm

ChangeHistoryWomanMeBlackWant

I would be remiss if I didn't say that it has been troubling for me to work within an institution that does not seem to recognize that I am a statistic.

Roger Ross Williams

WorkI AmMeSayWithinSeem

The intolerance of people against other people is growing and growing. And the thing is, this is not anything that's changed. This has been going on for years.

Dennis Haysbert

PeopleGrowingYearsAnythingGoing

Here's what I see: a complacency among the generation of young women whose entire lives have been lived after Roe v. Wade was decided.

Debbie Wasserman Schultz

WomenComplacencyGenerationYoung

I'm persuaded that sports is the one place where the rules are pretty well set out, where fans are equal. And if you got game or you're a good official, you make it here, whether you're white or you're black.

David Stern

GoodSportsGameBlackYouRules

I often draw from people in my own experience to base a character on, going back to my days with Mike Leigh.

David Thewlis

CharacterExperiencePeopleBackOwn

How much has to be explored and discarded before reaching the naked flesh of feeling.

Claude Debussy

FeelingNakedFleshMuchHowBefore

Cinema is made to film material: the body. By filming the material, the mechanical, the worker, we arrive at the spiritual.

Bruno Dumont

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