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Patrisse Cullors Quotes

When I was younger, I had these romantic ideas about the Black Panther Party and what it meant to be a part of the civil rights movement. Then we're here, and it's dangerous. And it's dangerous to say, 'Black lives matter.'

Patrisse Cullors

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: activist
Nationality: american
Birth: 1984

Topics

Romantic Ideas Black Party Dangerous

Because we only feed in the United States less than 1 per cent of the meals, most of them are eaten elsewhere. Most meals are eaten at home. So to make McDonald's the target is not going to solve the problem.

Jim Cantalupo

Home Problem Target McDonald Going

I've been in dance schools since I was four. I went to the Brit school. I did adverts and plays.

Jessie J

Dance School Been Four Did Since

In school I was painfully shy. But as soon as I had to get up in front of the class and give a book report, it was alarming - I'd suddenly be very articulate.

Andrew Bird

School Book Shy Class Up Get

I still remember 1997 when I made the movie 'Storm Riders;' that moment, a lot of American producers want to hire me to make movies in the States.

Andrew Lau

Moment Storm Me American Remember

In a thriller, the camera's an active narrator, or can be.

John McTiernan

Camera Active Narrator Thriller

Film actors reach a certain level, but they don't get beyond it unless they work in the theater.

Shirley Knight

Work Reach Beyond Level Film Get

People's real hopes and dreams can be distorted and misdirected and packaged until you're not sure what you really want or what you even really need.

Tracy Chapman

Dreams People You Want Need Real

In the restaurant business, there's the concept of pivot. Pivot to the stove, pivot to the refrigerator.

Tom Douglas

Business Restaurant Refrigerator

Every political good carried to the extreme must be productive of evil.

Mary Wollstonecraft

Good Evil Political Productive Must

Oh, if I could put some of my reckless spirit into these discreet cautious lazy men!

Mary Boykin Chesnut

Men Lazy Spirit Reckless If I Could

I loved my job at the paper. I loved meeting new people every day and never knowing where I would end up. But somehow, the ever-shifting schedules of a police officer and a reporter did not equal 'family friendly.' One of us needed to take a normal job for the sake of our young daughter.

Molly Harper

Family Daughter Day Police Job End

I was a schoolteacher for a while, and it was the worst job.

Diplo

Job Worst While Schoolteacher