Tarana Burke Quotes

Even when black folks make me angry, I know that the foundation is that I love us. I want us to win, and I want us to have all the things that we deserve in the world. And that's driven by love.

Tarana Burke

Recitation: by Male by Female

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LoveAngryMeWinWorldFoundation

If I had stayed in Belfast, my life there wouldn't have as easy as it was in Scotland. I see the strain on the people who stayed. Always worrying about the safety of their children.

Joan Lingard

LifeChildrenPeopleSafetyMy Life

I am, as far as my politics reaches, 'King and Country' - no 'Innovations in Religion and Government' say I.

John Clare

PoliticsReligionGovernmentI AmAm

I try to take moments to get brain food - I read, I listen to talk radio - and fill my own self with learning.

Stacy Brown-Philpot

LearningFoodBrainSelfMoments

There were air raids at night. The factory was dark and dirty. And I remember thinking - well - I must find somebody or something because like this I cannot go on.

Ruth Pitter

NightThinkingRememberFindDark

Although it's not something I'm particularly proud of, I'm willing to admit that, in addition to whiling away the long stretches of time in the air and waiting in airport lounges reading the 'New Yorker' and 'New York Times' on my Kindle, I've picked up the occasional tabloid magazine.

Derek Blasberg

TimeNew YorkWaitingProudReading

I love directing actors. In the last few years, I have started expanding my directing into workshops for actors who truly want to grow and learn. My mom was a high school drama teacher, and teaching makes me very happy. My workshops are nurturing.

Del Shores

LoveTeacherSchoolHappyMeMom

I don't want to be identified by any one role I do.

Chris Noth

WantRoleAnyIdentified

Bisexuality immediately doubles your chances for a date on Saturday night.

Woody Allen

NightSaturdaySaturday NightChances

I don't blame my own parents for the way I grew up, as quite often there is little choice in these issues.

Peter Garrett

ParentsBlameChoiceWayMy OwnOwn

I love the game and I wanted to continue playing. It came to a time that I had to stop.

Rickey Henderson

LoveTimeGameStopPlayingWanted

People feel overloaded, that politics has become kind of a public utility: hot- and cold-running politics any time of the day or night.

Richard Ben Cramer

TimeDayPoliticsPeopleNightFeel

Performance-enhancing drugs are an illusion. I wish I had never gotten involved with steroids. It was wrong. It was stupid.

Mark McGwire

StupidWishIllusionWrongNever

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