Ayanna Pressley Quotes

I'm not naive. All politics is about identity, right? Neighborhood politics, cultural politics, issue politics. It's not as though I don't get that. It's just - it has to be, I think, tempered in a way that is for our overall advancement and not to our detriment or obliteration. When I say 'our,' I don't mean just communities of color.

Ayanna Pressley

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Every person on the streets of New York is a type. The city is one big theater where everyone is on display.

Jerry Rubin

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I would be a pastor. It is something I think about doing when my playing days are over.

Jeremy Lin

ThinkDoingOverDaysSomething

I'm very interested in dance, and I'm very interested in how people express themselves through movement. And of course, cinema is a kinetic art form. It's almost the point of cinema - it's time-based and movement-based.

Joe Wright

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Obviously, the death of Usama Bin Laden marked a strategic milestone in our effort to defeat al-Qa'ida. Unfortunately, Bin Laden's death, and the death and capture of many other al-Qa'ida leaders and operatives, does not mark the end of that terrorist organization or its efforts to attack the United States and other countries.

John O. Brennan

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I've always been a huge Tupac fan, and I often listen to him for inspiration or when I'm stuck.

Angie Thomas

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I've always been sort of interested in the rural countryside. Things happen out there that are very strange to city dwellers.

John Sandford

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I think what's important, as an artist who wants to be multi-dimensional, is learning how to shape-shift into those different paths fluidly and frequently.

Alyson Stoner

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I lived my 'Mom' character. I became Devaki.

Sridevi

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It is a common mistake these days to politicize anything and everything, including music.

Tony Snow

MusicMistakeEverythingAnything

I just love where I am right now in my career.

Martina McBride

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If you made all the French fries you ate, you would eat them much less often, if only because they're so much work. The same holds true for fried chicken, chips, cakes, pies, and ice cream. Enjoy these treats as often as you're willing to prepare them - chances are good it won't be every day.

Michael Pollan

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It's only recently women got to be action heroes on TV. Progress is slow, and often non-existent. There's plenty of cool comics with female characters... But all it takes is one Catwoman to set the cause back a decade.

Joss Whedon

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