Tarana Burke Quotes

Inherently, having privilege isn't bad, but it's how you use it, and you have to use it in service of other people.

Tarana Burke

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ServicePeopleYouBadPrivilege

Twenty-seven years incarcerated, his jailer became his best friend. So if you need an example on how we should act and how we should be, then Nelson Mandela is the man to follow.

Jim Brown

FriendBestManBest FriendYouAct

Well you know I'm very supportive of what the Tea Party is trying to do. They're very concerned with spending, the deficit, the bailouts, you know all of those kinds of things. But I really think that the strength of the Tea Party is being a grassroots movement.

John Boozman

StrengthTeaThinkTryingYouParty

That's how you win these battles over long periods of time. You continue to fight. You continue to bring it up. You continue to message it to your constituents and to America in general.

John Fleming

TimeFightWinAmericaLongYou

When I compose an album, I don't think about how to adapt it on stage.

Jean-Michel Jarre

ThinkAdaptStageAlbumHowAbout

I used to think that my mother got into arguments with people because they didn't understand her English, because she was Chinese.

Amy Tan

MotherPeopleThinkUnderstandShe

There is no such thing as a natural fit between form and content. Seamless elegance would be tantamount to erasure.

Stacey D'Erasmo

EleganceContentNaturalWouldFit

Groups tend to believe their work is harder, more strategic, or just more valuable while underestimating those contributions from other groups.

Steven Sinofsky

WorkBelieveMoreJustValuable

That is always really fun when you get to work with a director you understand and uses references you can identify with.

Travis Beacham

WorkFunYouUnderstandDirector

I'm kind of bipolar in my acting choices because I just want to do a little bit of everything.

Miley Cyrus

ChoicesActingWantKindEverything

I am and always will be a leader.

Derek Fisher

LeaderI AmWillAlwaysAm

I was sympathetic to virtually all groups that wanted to get away from the old system.

Clarence Thomas

OldSystemAwayGetWantedGroups

The challenge of the next millennium will be to preserve the American experiment by restoring its Christian perspective.

William H. Pryor

ChallengePerspectiveAmericanWill

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