Hilary Beckles Quotes

Reparative justice is not about black people standing on the street corners expecting charities from white folks. This is about building of bridges across lines of moral justice.

Hilary Beckles

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: historian
  • Nationality:
  • Birth: August 11, 1955

Topics

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I don't watch a lot of television, which sounds strange for someone who works in TV.

Joe Morton

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I stepped into the martial arts movie market when I was only 16.

Jet Li

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Every generation has their favorite Spider-Man television show. For a lot of us, it's the one that has the song, 'Spider-Man, Spider-Man, does whatever a spider can.'

Jeph Loeb

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My dad was my coach in baseball and early on in basketball, so playing baseball was something we always did.

Matthew Stafford

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That's what I like most about writing fiction over journalism: the easy metaphors!

Michael Connelly

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Earn the right to be proud and confident.

John Wooden

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Brand matters. And ESPN is, by far, the most popular sports brand. People trust ESPN.

John Skipper

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Much that is great in literature is an acquired taste, and you have to acquire it in the first place. Our job as parents is essentially to pass on the enthusiasm we had for the things we loved. That's how we'll get them to fall in love with reading in the first place and, hopefully, to stay in love with it.

Michael Morpurgo

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When I'm working, I don't wake up and say, 'OK, time to go be intense.' I just look at whatever scenes we're working on that day and break them down - just real intense everyday work.

Michael Shannon

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When it comes to serious cuts to major programs like Medicaid, the American people are not calling for leadership but magic. They want cuts with no pain.

Juan Williams

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Honestly, I feel like everything in life happens for a reason, and my son has been the greatest gift that God has given me in my life and been the most game-changing thing that's happened to my life, in a necessary way.

Ciara

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Man is a military animal, glories in gunpowder, and loves parade.

Philip James Bailey

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