Justin Simien Quotes

I wanted to be a filmmaker since I was a kid. I always did things that took me a little closer to that.

Justin Simien

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It has been lately urged in a very respectable quarter that it is the mission of this country to spread civil and religious liberty all over the globe, and especially over this continent - even by force, if necessary. It is a sad delusion.

John C. Calhoun

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Americans don't pay much attention to environmental issues, because they aren't sexy. I mean, cleaning up coal plants and reining in outlaw frackers is hugely important work, but it doesn't get anybody's pulse racing.

Jeff Goodell

WorkEnvironmentalPlantsSexyMean

To a contrarian like me, constant advice not to do something almost always starts me quickly down the risky, unpopular path.

Michael Bloomberg

PathMeAdviceDownAlwaysAlmost

Marriage has been in a constant state of evolution since the dawn of the Stone Age. In the process, it has become more flexible - but also more optional.

Stephanie Coontz

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English is an outrageous tangle of those derivations and other multifarious linguistic influences, from Yiddish to Shoshone, which has grown up around a gnarly core of chewy, clangorous yawps derived from ancestors who painted themselves blue to frighten their enemies.

Roy Blount, Jr.

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Ballet Beautiful is a workout that transforms the body without overtaxing the system or joints.

Mary Helen Bowers

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I always think a debt ceiling is a good tool to carry something.

Mitch McConnell

GoodThinkDebtAlwaysCeilingTool

I personally love the U.S. 'Office.' I know some of it by heart.

Lucy Davis

LoveHeartKnowOfficeSome

For me, love is not about froufrou New Age-ism. It's about a way of living and honoring the interconnectedness of life and accepting our responsibility and our power to change the world for the better.

Julia Butterfly Hill

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People spend so much time in their cars, and it's a legal way to have fun by speeding a little bit or testing yourself a little bit, and you get to invest in your car. For some people, it becomes their baby.

Jordana Brewster

CarTimeYourselfFunPeopleBaby

To see far is one thing, going there is another.

Constantin Brancusi

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When people say, 'Well, I don't talk to my family because they're all conservatives,' or 'I don't talk to my family because they're racist,' I'm, like, 'No, no, no; that's exactly who you need to be talking to.'

Alicia Garza

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