Margot Lee Shetterly Quotes

For too long, history has imposed a binary condition on its black citizens: either nameless or renowned, menial or exceptional, passive recipients of the forces of history or superheroes who acquire mythic status not just because of their deeds but because of their scarcity.

Margot Lee Shetterly

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We all had a desire and appreciation for such a wide range of music.

Jim Capaldi

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'Nobody goes to jail.' This is the mantra of the financial-crisis era, one that saw virtually every major bank and financial company on Wall Street embroiled in obscene criminal scandals that impoverished millions and collectively destroyed hundreds of billions, in fact, trillions of dollars of the world's wealth - and nobody went to jail.

Matt Taibbi

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If you have the wind farms but no transmission, you just have things blowing in the wind.

Matt Mead

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When Ronald Reagan chose George H.W. Bush in 1980, it was a clear signal that he was running an inclusive campaign; that he welcomed the moderate and even liberal wings of the GOP - there was a liberal wing back then - into his campaign.

Jeff Greenfield

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I'm sure that my compulsive eating habits began when I was a baby.

Jean Nidetch

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A solid theatrical education can only improve a screen performance. It gives you a fuller capacity to read a script and understand a character, for one thing. It's important to alternate between the two activities.

Toni Servillo

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First of all, you have to understand that I'm like anybody else. When I hear my voice on a record I absolutely loathe my voice. I cannot stand my voice.

Roger Daltrey

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Posture has such a big impact on the way people perceive you.

Mary Helen Bowers

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The fact is I've been in Massachusetts for the last two weeks, and it seems over the last few days that the price is increasing by the hour at the pump, so there needs to be an aggressive investigation.

Marty Meehan

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I spent several years cooking on a line.

Jose Garces

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I don't think you should ever run from history. You should learn from it and embrace it.

Doc Rivers

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Instagram is just something I like to do. I feel it's the best way to portray who you are.

Dawn Richard

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