Cecile McLorin Salvant Quotes

I like bold statements. I'm very nearsighted, and I'm terrible at the whole contacts thing. I figured, 'Why not get some glasses that are fun, that contrast with my skin tone and brighten things up.'

Cecile McLorin Salvant

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We are of the opinion that an important and irreversible process is taking place among the white population. Just as with the blacks, the whites, too, are currently overcoming a psychological barrier.

Joe Slovo

OpinionOvercomingProcessPlace

My question about everything I do is, does it make our country stronger?

Joe Donnelly

StrongerCountryQuestionEverything

I let my feet spend as little time on the ground as possible. From the air, fast down, and from the ground, fast up.

Jesse Owens

TimeFeetDownFastPossibleAir

Oh, I try to stay as far away from karaoke as humanly possible!

Jeremy Jordan

Far AwayPossibleTryStayKaraoke

If the guardians of society, the protectors of 'young persons,' could have had their way, we should have known nothing of Byron or Shelley. The voices that thrill the world would now be silent.

Robert Green Ingersoll

WorldSocietyYoungSilentNothing

When people didn't really know who I was, and I would get on stage, they would be distracted by what I looked like, so I would have to dumb myself down, in a way, for people to feel safe to laugh.

Anjelah Johnson

MyselfPeopleFeelLaughDownDumb

Thinkers too often disparage men of action in ways that do them no credit.

Michael Ignatieff

MenActionCreditThinkersWaysToo

The art of photography is all about directing the attention of the viewer.

Steven Pinker

ArtPhotographyAttentionDirecting

I don't think that John Kerry is the Messiah or the Democratic Party is the answer, but I don't like the evangelical community blessing the Republican Party as some kind of God-ordained instrument for solving the world's problems.

Tony Campolo

CommunityBlessingWorldThinkParty

My job is to help the team, and so I love retrieving the ball as much as scoring or playing the final pass for a goal.

Roberto Firmino

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Adults need to live in a society that is economically social, governmentally democratic, and culturally free.

Rudolf Steiner

LiveSocietyFreeNeedSocial

Men and women are different: we have different tendencies, skills, and behaviors. This should be accepted and fostered, not demonized. Because the end result is simply more effeminate men and more masculine women. Who wants that?

Milo Yiannopoulos

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