Kim Brooks Quotes

In spring 2011, I was arrested for allowing my son, then 4, to wait in a car with the windows open for a few minutes.

Kim Brooks

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CarSonSpringWaitWindowsOpen

When you put a tiny and despised minority up for a popular vote, the minority usually loses.

Andrew Sullivan

YouVoteMinorityUpTinyPopular

The market doesn't make communities. Markets make networks of self-interested individuals, and they work as long as there's more than enough to go around.

Robert Hass

WorkEnoughLongGoMoreMarket

Being trans comes at a high cost, but being black and trans can cost you your life.

Angelica Ross

LifeBlackYouHighCostBeing

I never thought about settling down. I was obsessed with my career - I was blinkered. I finally met a woman who was worthy of me. Then we settled down and had many children.

Ron Moody

ChildrenWomanMeThoughtCareer

Strength does not have to be belligerent and loud.

Russell Brand

StrengthLoudDoesBelligerent

Eating good food is, to me, one of life's greatest joys, and I will never punish myself for it.

Miriam Shor

LifeGoodMyselfFoodGood FoodMe

I loved being outside. We'd hold lightning bugs in our fingers and pretend they were diamond rings.

Loretta Lynn

LovedOutsidePretendRingsHold

It's probably a bit of a power trip when you befriend somebody enough that they trust you to tell you things.

Josh Brolin

PowerTrustEnoughYouTellThings

In Rio de Janeiro, every cop has to make a choice. He either turns dirty, keeps his mouth shut, or goes to war.

Jose Padilha

WarMouthChoiceDirtyCopShut

Try not to be either intimidated by or a captive of jargon. Even though it's language, and language is about communication, it often exists actually to obfuscate and to control power and not to communicate.

Christie Hefner

CommunicationPowerControlLanguage

I'm an ambitious fellow; I'll be frank about that.

Corey Stewart

AmbitiousAboutFrankFellow

My first instrument was the piano; I played in the church, and before that I sang in church. I didn't learn the guitar until I was 24 years old.

Chuck Brown

GuitarChurchLearnOldFirstPiano

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