Tessa Thompson Quotes

'Dear White People' started a conversation about race. It's such a difficult thing to talk about, especially in America because of our history. I love that you can confront it with humour and with satire.

Tessa Thompson

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LoveHistoryPeopleAmericaYou

You have to stay one level above everyone else.

Jim Otto

YouEveryoneLevelAboveStayElse

Big Bird was the biggest star, I mean, children's favorite for a number of years. I have a 22-year-old granddaughter whose first words were 'Big Bird.'

Joan Ganz Cooney

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In general, we run the farm like a business instead of a welfare recipient, and we adhere to historically-validated patterns.

Joel Salatin

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There are too many things to count that I like about London.

Andrew Wyatt

LondonThingsCountLikeManyAbout

I do a long sound check. I get there at noon on the day of a show and sit behind the piano and then walk around with the microphone. Then I feel like I have done my homework.

John Tesh

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I'm not into fad diets; I'm not into depriving. I like fast food, and I like chocolate.

Alyssa Sutherland

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People happy in love have an air of intensity.

Stendhal

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Write verse, not poetry. The public wants verse. If you have a talent for poetry, then don't by any means mother it, but try your hand at verse.

Robert W. Service

MotherTalentPoetryYouHandTry

Liberty, as it is conceived by current opinion, has nothing inherent about it; it is a sort of gift or trust bestowed on the individual by the state pending good behavior.

Mary McCarthy

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I think it's always important for academics to study popular culture, even if the thing they are studying is idiotic. If it's successful or made a dent in culture, then it is worthy of study to find out why.

Joss Whedon

CultureThinkFindImportantWhy

The more you seek the uncomfortable, the more you will become comfortable.

Conor McGregor

UncomfortableYouComfortableBecome

If you've lost focus, just sit down and be still. Take the idea and rock it to and fro. Keep some of it and throw some away, and it will renew itself. You need do no more.

Clarissa Pinkola Estes

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