Patrisse Cullors Quotes

I knew marriage was not the answer to changing the conditions for poor, black, queer folks. So I never felt compelled to get married - it just didn't seem important. But even if marriage wasn't right for me at the time, or a quick fix toward black empowerment, I found it repulsive that loving same-sex couples were refused the right.

Patrisse Cullors

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In the good old days when I was a senator, I was my own man.

Joe Biden

GoodManGood Old DaysMy OwnOld

I think my dream would be to move into film, purely because there's a definite beginning, middle and end to a project. I struggle a bit with such a big series that's going all the time.

Jessica Raine

TimeStruggleBeginningThinkEnd

I start from one point and go as far as possible. But, unfortunately, I never lose my way. I 'localize,' which is to say that I think always in a given space. I rarely think of the whole of a solo, and only very briefly. I always return to the small part of the solo that I was in the process of playing.

John Coltrane

SpaceSmallStartThinkLoseGo

We had an awfully good ball club that was capable of beating anybody. They were that good.

John Oldham

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All through high school, I was incredibly healthy. I loved the outdoors, and I loved snowboarding because of the freedom.

Amy Purdy

FreedomSchoolOutdoorsHigh School

I disagree with people who think you learn more from getting beat up than you do from winning.

Tom Cruise

PeopleWinningThinkLearnYouMore

Going to high school in rural Florida, we always partied down in the woods. Somebody - one of the rednecks - would leave class and mow a path out to a field, and we'd drive out there. Dude, every party I went to was lit by a bonfire. Acoustic guitar.

Miles Teller

PathSchoolDriveWoodsHigh School

In Canada, we're happy to provide a safe haven for next-door neighbors in the middle of a marital dispute. And if anyone trips while crossing the border, we're happy to set their broken bones for free.

Douglas Coupland

BrokenHappyFreeBorderCanada

I was always deeply aware that I was living in history.

Chelsea Clinton

HistoryLivingAlwaysAwareDeeply

Certainly, I think being depressed is absolutely part of the human condition, it has to be, if there's joy there's its opposite, and it's something you ride if you possibly can.

Bob Geldof

RideJoyThinkYouHumanSomething

I'm very aware of my own background. I'm Irish, French, and then a little bit of everything else thrown in, ranging from German to Native American. We're talking about tiny drops of blood.

Anne Hathaway

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We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and the English are best at everything.

William Golding

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