Jane Elliott Quotes

We don't know anything about racism. We've never experienced it. If words can make a difference in your life for seven minutes, how would it affect you if you heard this every day of your life?

Jane Elliott

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I have an enormous family because I'm from Montreal and my family's Catholic, so my dad has eight siblings and they all have kids and we all grew up in the same property on weekends and summers.

Jessica Pare

FamilySameUpWeekendsProperty

I'm really not the biggest metal fan as it is. I'm more of a hard-street-punk kind of kid, but I also loved hip hop and reggae music, so we have always sort of refused a street style that is something that we are used to. Something that makes us comfortable and sounds good to us.

Sonny Sandoval

GoodMusicStyleLovedKindStreet

My parents were reasoned and deep thinkers. My dad is an intellectual and a literary man.

Steve Zahn

ManParentsDeepIntellectualWere

My job isn't to strike guys out; it's to get them out - sometimes by striking them out.

Tom Seaver

JobSometimesStrikeOutGetGuys

I was involved in the robbery for a purpose, and that was because I knew somebody who could drive a diesel train. I was responsible to take along this old guy who could drive the train.

Ronald Biggs

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Our show was - it remained - you know, kids could watch it and laugh at it. And they wouldn't know - they wouldn't get the jokes. But they would laugh at it. So they tell me now they have grown up and they're watching it. Now they get the jokes. But we didn't say anything blatant.

Rue McClanahan

MeLaughYouKnowNowSay

My job is to play many different roles with all sorts of different backgrounds and orientations.

Josh Charles

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I don't do nudes. I don't do semi-nudes. I don't do cigarette shots. It took me a long time in the business to realize I didn't have to do everything people told me I should if I wanted a career.

Coco Rocha

BusinessTimePeopleMeLongCareer

An employer of mine back in the '80s was kind enough to take me on after a rough patch, and it made a big difference in my life that I knew I was the sort of person who showed up on time. It's a basic tell of character.

Anthony Bourdain

LifeCharacterTimeMeMy LifeBack

My thing is, once you start to put a backbeat on your music or something that has a machine in it, you have popularity, but you lose the flexibility. And you lose a richness.

Wynton Marsalis

MusicStartYouLoseFlexibility

There is beauty in everything.

Winnie Harlow

BeautyEverything

Sport is one of the few spaces where people can learn about different cultures in a spirit of trust and friendship.

Richard Attias

FriendshipTrustPeopleLearnSpirit

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