Nicholas Kristof Quotes

Doesn't it seem odd that your cellphone can be set up to require a PIN or a fingerprint, but there's no such option for a gun?

Nicholas Kristof

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GunUpSeemOddYourPin

I think that often in the United States we're very blind to the ways that history lives in the present.

Jesmyn Ward

HistoryThinkBlindPresentUnited

One of my heroes is a composer named James Bernard, and oh my God... I can still listen to his music today and be stirred and moved by it. But I think that you fall in love with... Well, again, when you're young, it really is more powerful. Much more terrifying.

John Carpenter

LoveMusicGodTodayThinkPowerful

What we realize is number one, people want to know what the Bible says. In their heart, they want to know the Bible but it is just hard to understand the big picture of it. And number two, they want to know where they plug in.

Max Lucado

HeartPeopleBiblePictureKnow

I came up during that time when music, to me, was really music. It wasn't about talking about a woman and calling them a derogatory name or something like that. It was real music.

Michael Clarke Duncan

MusicTimeWomanMeNameTalking

I always had a larger view. I'm interested in real life - my family, my friends. I have tried never to define myself by my success, whatever that is. My happiness is way beyond roles and awards.

Amy Adams

LifeFamilySuccessHappinessMyself

I hadn't thought about that before, this passionate following, with fan fiction and artwork. At first it felt like an invasion of privacy, but then I realized it's nice that the character can be shared.

Alycia Debnam-Carey

CharacterThoughtPrivacyNiceFirst

Some of the biggest advocates for feminism seem to believe that in order to feel powerful you have to make another woman subservient, and that is not what feminism is about at all.

Tori Amos

WomanBelieveFeelYouPowerful

Evil has always been here since the world began. Good is what is difficult. It is a work of every day.

Rithy Panh

WorkGoodDayEvilWorldEvery Day

We were engaged three-and-a-half weeks after the first date.

Michael W. Smith

FirstDateEngagedWereAfterWeeks

When I think of the things that I want to write, I can never say them out loud because I know how crazy they sound. I know what things sound like when you haven't actually worked on the script, so I don't go around saying some of these ideas because they just sound awful.

Michaela Coel

SchoolParentsAmazingMeBornNice

The blessings of the priesthood transcend our ability to comprehend.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

BlessingsAbilityPriesthoodOur

I was always the guy getting kicked out of my classes at school for having an attitude problem.

Chevy Chase

AttitudeSchoolProblemAlwaysOut

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