I'm passionate about the issues that I care about, and I'm a really good listener.
Alan Lowenthal
Recitation: by Male by Female
My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors.
Maya Angelou
EducationMotherIgnoranceSchoolGo
A lot of the stories about urban America tend to be written on the margins. We focus a lot on these big global cities - New York, San Francisco - or we focus on cities that are having the toughest time - Detroit, Newark, Camden.
Matthew Desmond
TimeFocusNew YorkAmericaNewBig
I searched YouTube for 'deaf music videos' and watched them with the sound muted. I noticed that though you could understand the words being signed, the sense of rhythm was lost. That's when I had the idea to create a video where you could see the sounds you couldn't hear.
Andy Mineo
MusicWordsYouCreateLostDeaf
I like independent movies, documentaries. There's not a lot of movies that are commercially made that I dig.
Jeff Garlin
MoviesIndependentDigLikeMade
A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.
Jean Rostand
ManLongOldSomethingSeekingHe
I used to walk to the Washington Monument from North L Street Northwest. And I was so hungry at times, I would stop and look into the trash cans, and if there was a half a sandwich, I would take that sandwich and eat it. It was just a matter of survival. I didn't think much of it, but it was just the way things were.
Sugar Ray Leonard
WalkThinkSurvivalLookStopTrash
Everyday I find myself reminding women around me to know their value. I also have to remind myself.
Mika Brzezinski
WomenMyselfValueMeFindKnow
I wish that I could tell you that I have a season ski pass, but I have had to give that up since I've been in the Senate.
Lisa Murkowski
WishYouI WishTellUpGive
Millions of women in malaria-endemic areas in Africa become pregnant every year. Malaria is a threat to these women and their babies, with up to 200,000 newborn deaths each year as a result of malaria.
Joyce Banda
WomenYearResultAfricaBecomeUp
Henry James's later works would have been better had he resisted that curious sort of self-indulgence, dictating to a secretary. The roaming garrulousness of ordinary speech is usually corrected when it's transcribed into written prose.
Joyce Carol Oates
CuriousBetterSpeechRoamingBeen
One of the secret benefits of using remote workers is that the work itself becomes the yardstick to judge someone's performance.
Jason Fried
WorkPerformanceJudgeSomeone
The stories we are told shape the way we see the world, which shapes the way we experience the world.
Derrick Jensen
ExperienceWorldWaySeeShape
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