William Wells Brown Quotes

The last struggle for our rights, the battle for our civilization, is entirely with ourselves.

William Wells Brown

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Life doesn't give you all the practice races you need.

Jesse Owens

LifePracticeYouNeedGiveRaces

In some neighborhoods, if you want to walk down the streets, you've got two choices - look down, or look hard.

Andrew Vachss

WalkChoicesYouLookDownWant

Everyone has made themselves into a commodity with Facebook, Twitter - with all of these things, you're commodifying your life every time you post an Instagram picture.

Andrew Garfield

LifeTimePictureYouEveryonePost

One of the eternal mysteries of ballet is how untalented choreographers find backers for their work, and then find good dancers to perform in it. Is it irresistible charm? Chutzpah? Pure determination? Blackmail? Or are so many supposedly knowledgeable people just plain blind?

Robert Gottlieb

WorkGoodDeterminationPeopleBlind

The only power deserving the name is that of masses, and of governments while they make themselves the organ of the tendencies and instincts of masses.

John Stuart Mill

PowerNameMassesOnlyInstincts

Growing up in the '60s and early '70s, with the space flight and the Apollo program, I always loved planes. I always loved rockets and I always loved space travel.

Stewart O'Nan

TravelSpaceGrowing UpLovedEarly

PTSD has a terminal side to it that calls for more urgency.

Romeo Dallaire

UrgencyMoreSideTerminalCalls

I immediately was captured by 'The Reluctant Fundamentalist.' It gave me a springboard into contemporary Pakistan and a dialogue between Pakistan and the rest of the world.

Mira Nair

MeWorldRestDialoguePakistan

The kind of funny irony is that a lot of people talk about ethical meat eating as if it's a way to care about things, but also not to alienate yourself from the rest of the world. But it's so much more alienating than vegetarianism.

Jonathan Safran Foer

FunnyYourselfPeopleWorldEating

It's always fun to come in and mix up a show that's been on for awhile.

Annie Wersching

FunAlwaysUpShowComeBeen

Nowadays, everyone has a stylist - we were raw, wearing 8 ball jackets with kente hats and spandex. It's a quintessential look that everyone loved.

Pepa

LovedHatsLookEveryoneBallRaw

It's always overwhelming when you get a nice response to something, because you really invest in these projects, and you can't help but really care what other people think.

Shelley Conn

PeopleThinkCareHelpYouNice

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