Terri Sewell Quotes

When you have incidences like the Trayvon Martin verdict, the erosion of certain fundamental rights like voting, it just reminds us that we're always one Supreme Court justice vote away from losing the progress that has been made.

Terri Sewell

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My process is pretty messy, and there's a lot of creative destruction in it. When I set out to write something, I'll write some passages from it just to figure out who these characters are, how they talk. And I have a dim sense of what it's about and where it's going to go, but I know that's going to change, too.

Jesse Andrews

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I think there are really great movements happening in Portland. It's nice being in a place that supports itself and stands on its own.

John Gourley

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In '42,' it's like the '40s where racial equality had come into the consciousness of a lot of people, whereas in the 1900s it was sort of a new thing.

Andre Holland

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To me, the Holocaust stands alone as the most horrible human event in modern civilization.

Robert Shapiro

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The most important aspect of my signing with the WFL was not to demean or undermine the National Football League, but rather to make professional football a form of employment where management recognizes its workers as individuals capable of communicating on an intelligent level.

John Matuszak

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Success breeds inequality, and you don't want to choke off success.

Angus Deaton

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I think it's better not to mix professional life and personal life - although it is hard.

Ana Ivanovic

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For me, true and authentic democracy occurs when the privileged groups assist the unprivileged groups to become more privileged.

Stephane Hessel

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The only freedom supposed to be left to the masses is that of grazing on the ration of simulacra the system distributes to each individual.

Michel De Certeau

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I am ambidextrous. I write with my right hand but played basketball in high school with my left.

Julia Stiles

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Even though Bandos is one of the biggest islands in the Maldives, it only takes 20 minutes to walk round. All it has are some chalets and a little harbour centre with three restaurants and a bar. The food is magnificent.

Dominic Holland

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Eighteen years ago, the Holy Spirit led me to establish a church in the heart of Times Square.

David Wilkerson

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