Tionne Watkins Quotes

I got kicked out of four high schools just because people took issue with the colour of my skin. As if I could help the colour I was born.

Tionne Watkins

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PeopleHelpBornSkinJust Because

If you took away publicists and things and people spoke for themselves, then they'd have to be responsible for their words.

Robert Pattinson

WordsPeopleYouResponsibleThings

I found filmmaking to be a very practical art form. It's about figuring out how to create within the very practical limitations/constraints of time, money, and large groups of collaborators.

Jeff Nichols

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Trump wants to be the first American tsar. With his hero worship of Putin, his admiration for the apparent omnipotence of the Kremlin, schoolboyish crush on Putin's gangster swagger and his contempt for democracy, Trump wants to rule with his family, taking decisions purely because he's right about everything like a tsar.

Simon Sebag Montefiore

FamilyHeroDemocracyGangsterRight

Gossip is nature's telephone.

Sholom Aleichem

NatureGossipTelephone

I do like books on anatomy. I have to say I'm an amateur physician, I guess.

Tom Waits

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We have a large pool of talented and educated women, and yet workplaces haven't necessarily changed to accommodate the reality of their lives.

Rosabeth Moss Kanter

WomenRealityPoolEducatedChanged

For too many families, the aftershock of the war in Afghanistan will be felt every day, most probably for the rest of their lives. I know because I've looked into the eyes and the faces of grieving mothers.

Ross Kemp

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'Politico Magazine' listed me among the top 50 'thinkers, doers and visionaries transforming American politics' for my work in coalitions advancing net neutrality.

Marvin Ammori

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I have never written that there is a threat of fascism in America. I always considered the idea overwrought. But now I believe there really is such a threat - and it will come draped not in an American flag, but in the name of tolerance and health.

Dennis Prager

HealthBelieveNameAmericanAmerica

Google did a great job hacking the Web to create search - and then monetizing search with advertising. And Apple did a great job humanizing hardware and software so that formerly daunting computers and applications could become consumer-friendly devices - even a lifestyle brand.

Douglas Rushkoff

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I envied kids who played soccer and football, but that was not my gig.

Colson Whitehead

FootballSoccerWhoKidsPlayedGig

God does not become more divine when we push him away from us in a sheer, impenetrable voluntarism; rather, the truly divine God is the God who has revealed himself as logos and, as logos, has acted and continues to act lovingly on our behalf.

Pope Benedict XVI

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