Jurnee Smollett-Bell Quotes

I'm told I'm a statistic. I'm told that my young black sisters are disease-ridden... but we are greater than what society tells us we are.

Jurnee Smollett-Bell

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Those powers that control the tent are not threatened at all by any activity that you engage in, in the shadows, that's not moving toward the tent. And I am rather convinced that we have a generation that is so preoccupied with life in the shadows, they never even focus on getting to the sunlight where you open up the big tent.

Jesse Jackson

LifeFocusI AmMovingControlYou

I love my house. I love my family. I love my animals.

Joey King

FamilyLoveHouseAnimalsI Love

We Marines believe that God gave America the greatest gift He could bestow to man while he lived on this earth -freedom. We also believe He gave us another gift nearly as precious - our soldiers, sailors, airmen, Coast Guardsmen, and Marines - to safeguard that gift and guarantee no force on this earth can ever steal it away.

John F. Kelly

GodFreedomManBelieveGiftEarth

I've had this unbelievable amount of good fortune and I'm just so thankful for it. But at the same time I feel exceptionally guilty. I have so many friends who are talented graduates of Juilliard and are exceptional actors and I'm the lucky one that somehow got such a fortunate break.

Matthew Gray Gubler

GoodThankfulTimeFeelFriends

My whole life, I've always had one foot in the classical world and one foot in the rock, pop, and folk world.

Michael Bacon

LifeWorldRockAlwaysFootWhole

If you're going to be hosting any event or a performance or having dinner with people after a performance, it is work, but it's also social: food and a glass of wine would be involved often.

John Tiffany

WorkFoodPeopleDinnerPerformance

Obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.

Michael Jordan

WorkClimbObstaclesYouWallRun

It's important for the Fed, hard as it is, to attempt to detect asset bubbles while they're forming.

Janet Yellen

ImportantHardBubblesAssetAttempt

You know that if you lie to yourself, surely other people lie to themselves. And if they lie to themselves, they will lie to you also.

Don Miguel Ruiz

LieYourselfPeopleYouKnowWill

I know gay - gay people who aren't married who are better parents than some, you know, straight people I know who are married.

Denis Leary

ParentsPeopleBetterYouGayKnow

Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush.

Doug Larson

NatureSpringFeelYouShoeEven

I am excited to work with NBC News to continue to highlight stories of organizations and individuals who make their communities and our world healthier, more just and more humane.

Chelsea Clinton

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