Jamila Woods Quotes

Naming something, putting it on record, in a lyric, feels like affirming people. Ideally, that's what politicians should want to do: to put laws or policies in place that speak to people's experiences, to make them feel heard.

Jamila Woods

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PeopleSpeakFeelPlaceWantLaws

I love seeing people smiling, dancing. There's enough sadness in the world, man.

Anderson East

LoveManPeopleWorldSadness

During these continued tough economic times, writing a sensible, fair budget that provides real opportunities for Washington families, workers and businesses is always a challenge.

Jeanne Kohl-Welles

ChallengeWritingToughOpportunities

When results are shared freely amongst the biological community, as has been done for the worm and the Human Genome Projects, specialist scientists can move much more rapidly towards their goals.

John Sulston

GoalsCommunityResultsDoneHuman

I think you just have to take the bad with the good and you're going to get hurt more, but it's worth it.

Amy Ray

GoodThinkHurtWorthYouBad

You don't sit down and write a wish list about the person you are going to fall violently in love with. It just doesn't work like that.

Stephen Fry

WorkLoveWishYouFallDown

People today sometimes get uncomfortable with empirical claims that seem to clash with their political assumptions, often because they haven't given much thought to the connections.

Steven Pinker

TodayPeopleThoughtConnectionsGet

Very often in Chekhov, where he exhibits a little bit of human behavior that you recognize as true, you give a little laugh. It's like a reflex.

Tom Stoppard

BehaviorLaughYouTrueHumanGive

'Easy' is not a word I would ever use to describe touring.

Rivers Cuomo

EasyWouldWordDescribeUseEver

I've always been a big guy - I was much larger and stronger than my peers when I was 13 years old.

Ronnie Coleman

StrongerOldAlwaysYearsBigGuy

I was raised on government cheese. As an adult, in my first marriage, my husband and I worked real hard just to go bankrupt. I happened to write some jokes about it. I did real well for myself.

Roseanne Barr

MarriageMyselfGovernmentHusband

The left controls academia, the culture, and the news media.

Monica Crowley

CultureMediaNewsLeftAcademia

When you believe in something, fight for it. And when you see injustice, fight harder than you've ever fought before.

Brad Meltzer

FightBelieveYouInjusticeSee

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