Jamila Woods Quotes

I hold strongly to my identity as a Chicago artist and want to do whatever I can to participate in creating a strong community here so that artists don't feel pressure to move somewhere else to succeed.

Jamila Woods

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What I've appreciated about the 'Bond' films is there's always been a subtle social relevance to them. They've always commented on the times.

Jeffrey Wright

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I try to be outraged by things that other people are just very accepting of, as though they're normal and can't be changed. A lot of what I write about is, 'Hey, you know, this stuff is really awful, and it doesn't need to be, and that's why it's so offensive.' Things should be better.

Matt Taibbi

PeopleBetterYouKnowWhyTry

I feel when you walk into somebody's apartment on Fifth Avenue or house in Malibu and you see a Basquiat, a Warhol, a Richard Prince, you say to yourself, '$700,000, $2.2 million, $350,000...' To me that is completely uninteresting. I'd rather go to a house where there's great art and I have no idea who the work is by.

Jean Pigozzi

WorkGreatArtWalkYourselfMe

While loyalists and defectors overall said John Smith did a better job of standing up for Labour's values, they put Blair ahead on representing the whole country, appealing beyond traditional Labour voters and offering strong, competent leadership; switchers to the Tories gave him a clear lead in all categories.

Michael Ashcroft

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No matter how difficult your situation may be you have to follow the Lord of the Second Advent completely.

Sun Myung Moon

YouSituationMatterFollowMayHow

I tell people to be thankful that Madonna is showing that it's possible to be ageless - people should applaud and celebrate that. Anybody who criticises her is just jealous!

Tracy Anderson

ThankfulPeopleCelebrateJealous

We know about man's impact on the ocean in terms of fishing and overfishing, but we don't really know much about what's happening underneath the water. And in fact, shipping has a role to play here, because shipping noise has contributed to damaging the acoustic habitats of ocean creatures.

Rose George

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'The Great Comic Book Artists' is about three score of the best practitioners of graphic story art.

Ron Goulart

GreatArtBestBookStoryThree

Being an athlete, you try to get protein.

Ronda Rousey

YouAthleteTryProteinBeingGet

As the documentary 'True Son' illustrates, my campaign for city council started really small - with eight mostly political neophytes in my living room and with young people knocking on doors.

Michael Tubbs

SonPeopleCitySmallPolitical

I am a terrible, terrible typist. I could not have been a writer in the age of typewriters.

Lisa Jewell

AgeI AmTerribleBeenWriterCould

I rode fire trucks, slid down fire poles, wore a lot of red, and made a lot of appearances. I've always had a special place in my heart for fire fighters.

Delta Burke

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