Patrisse Cullors Quotes

Presidential elections and the voter experience have long been fraught for black people. From racist poll taxes to made-up literacy tests to the egregious rollback of voting rights over the past 50 years, American democracy has, at times, felt like a weird and failed social experiment.

Patrisse Cullors

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ExperiencePastPeopleDemocracy

I have, in some ways, saved characters that have been marginalized by society by playing them - and having them still have dignity and still survive, still get through it.

Jodie Foster

SocietySurviveDignityPlayingGet

The American people have not become heartless.

Joe Biden

PeopleAmericanBecomeHeartless

I'm a huge 'Ghostbusters' fan. I've seen it, like, 10,000 times, so I couldn't be more looking forward to a reboot.

Melissa McCarthy

Looking ForwardLookingForwardMore

Most actors will tell you this - I don't really know how to connect, empathize with, or make worthy of any revelation a character that doesn't have love in there somewhere, that doesn't have an idealism or an empathy in there somewhere.

Jeff Perry

LoveCharacterEmpathyYouKnow

Having two older brothers is a healthy reminder that you're always closer to the bottom than you are to the top.

Andy Roddick

YouHealthyTopTwoAlwaysBottom

Al Qaeda's vision of global jihad doesn't resonate in the rugged highlands and windswept deserts of southern Afghanistan. Instead, the major concern throughout much of the country is intensely local: personal safety.

Anand Gopal

VisionSafetyCountryPersonalMuch

The Chinese government learnt how to manage the Internet from Western developed countries; we have not learnt enough yet.

Lu Wei

GovernmentInternetEnoughChinese

Now that I live in Los Angeles, if I meet somebody from Detroit, it's like there's this brother- or sisterhood, where we're real folks.

Loni Love

LiveBrotherNowDetroitMeetReal

I hope to become a better teacher. I love teaching.

Chelsea Clinton

LoveHopeTeacherBetterBecome

There are far too many politicians out there who take the wrong position and stick with it and never admit that they should do something different.

Cory Gardner

WrongAdmitNeverPoliticiansOut

Writers don't make good spouses. When I am writing, I'm not a good wife. I shut myself away, and all my emotions are directed towards what I'm trying to write.

Claire Tomalin

GoodMyselfWifeI AmWritingWrite

I never hitched my wagon to anyone, so what I achieved over the years was done with only my results on the field.

Claudio Ranieri

ResultsDoneNeverOverYearsOnly

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