Wanda Sykes Quotes

Sometimes black people really want to hold onto our oppression - 'This is ours! This belongs to us.' You can't just talk about equality for somebody else. Let's pass it on. Let's pass it on to somebody else. At the end of the day, it is all about inequality.

Wanda Sykes

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It was when '21' came out. I was in Los Angeles and my face was everywhere: on buses, on posters, on the side of buildings. I didn't feel that blown away by it. I was still hungry to prove myself. I realised that quite quickly, that I had to find something that challenged me from an acting point of view.

Jim Sturgess

MyselfMeFaceFeelViewActing

In drawing after drawing, pastel after pastel, painting after painting, the contours of Degas's dancing figures become, at a certain point, darkly insistent, tangled and dusky. It may be around an elbow, a heel, an armpit, a calf muscle, the nape of a neck.

John Berger

PaintingDrawingBecomeMusclePoint

I believe in Heaven. I don't believe that this is it, and then we're done.

Melissa McCarthy

BelieveHeavenDoneI BelieveThen

When I write, my brain moves faster than my hands so I'm always trying to picture things.

John Lydon

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President Roosevelt's leadership put the world on notice that the United States of America - with the freest, most dynamic economy the world had ever seen - was open for business.

John Hoeven

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I do know where I'm going and it's just a matter of finding the language to get there.

John Irving

LanguageFindingKnowMatterGoing

That's John Constantine. You put him in a corner, and you squeeze him, and he'll find his way out. There's something in him - he's a great escape artist.

Matt Ryan

GreatYouArtistFindEscapeWay

When you work as a humanitarian, you are conscious that politics have to be considered. Because if you really want to make an extreme change, then you have a responsibility.

Angelina Jolie

WorkChangeResponsibilityPolitics

Just pick a political story at random and read the comments. There is no logic or reason on either side - only hypocrisy and hate.

Michael Arrington

HateRandomStoryPoliticalLogic

It started when I was eight years old. I first heard the cello on the radio, and I loved the sound. It was such a magical, beautiful sound. I dedicated my entire childhood to cello, practising like crazy.

Stjepan Hauser

BeautifulChildhoodCrazyLovedOld

If you make the bad guy enticing and dangerous, that's where the excitement of playing the role really kicks in. I don't get to do that in my normal day-to-day life. Life is too taxing to go to those dark places.

Tony Vincent

LifeYouBadDarkDangerousGo

If you don't have an emotionally engaging design for a device, no one will care about it.

Tony Fadell

CareDesignYouWillDeviceAbout

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