Mara Brock Akil Quotes

I think what is magic about black-girl hair is, at its basic level, it's just resilient. It can go from straight to curly in the same day. It's just transformative. When you don't feel so strong, the hair can be a sign of empowerment.

Mara Brock Akil

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I suppose I have very undesirable traits. I am very critical, which is very undesirable. But it is good from a business point of view.

John Caudwell

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The writer in movies is about as low as you can get and you really are a hired hand. You are paid a lot of money to be treated like dirt.

Andrew Davies

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It's crucial to democracy and good government to scrutinize our public officials.

Ana Navarro

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I think once I was in high school - I had boyfriends and stuff like that, but I think when I was younger, I went through a period where I looked like a boy, and people thought I was a boy.

Amanda Peet

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I feel overestimated.

Tom Stoppard

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Part of my job is to make sure the Northeast is part of our defense industrial base, and New Jersey has always played a role.

Rodney Frelinghuysen

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Certainly, by providing individuals coming out of institutions with ways to become productive citizens, we reduce recidivism. What that means is we reduce crime. There are fewer victims when individuals have options - when they have job skills, when they have life skills, we break the cycle of children following their parents into institutions.

Loretta Lynch

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I work hard making music - that's how I earn a living.

Dr. Dre

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We are moving closer to a future where quantified lives will become the norm.

Denise Morrison

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I have a slightly bourgeois upbringing, I guess. My parents paid for me to go to school, which is nice, but I haven't gotten a dime since then. I have no trust fund. I wish I did.

Dean Wareham

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Unfortunately, too few women take the risk of running for political office or assuming positions of influence. As a result, our voices are not part of the conversation yet alone the final decision.

Deborah K. Ross

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I was influenced by every comedian I ever saw work. That's the only way you learn how to do it.

Bob Newhart

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