Randall Kennedy Quotes

I think that many black people thought this would be a wonderful and extraordinary thing, for a black family to occupy the White House. Not only black people; a lot of white people thought that, too, but particularly black people.

Randall Kennedy

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FamilyPeopleBlackThinkThought

When I grew up, we went to Coney Island and Central Park. We'd find our way to the water and watch the fireworks.

Jimmy Smits

WaterFindIslandWayCentral Park

I'm not one who likes to be honored, to be honest with you. That's never been who I am.

Jerry West

I AmYouNeverHonestHonoredBeen

I was never a very dependable employee for anything. Perfect for the actor's life!

John C. Reilly

LifePerfectActorNeverEmployee

I have a huge respect for writers and realise that this is not an area that I find easy. I doubt that I would have the patience in front of a blank sheet of paper to become a writer.

Jenny Agutter

PatienceRespectDoubtEasyFind

I have seen a lot of gay-themed films that didn't really express how I see being gay at this moment in the world. There never seemed to be a kind of authentic depiction of relationships.

Andrew Haigh

MomentWorldGayKindRelationships

I would never say I had a bad childhood at all.

Melissa Etheridge

ChildhoodBadSayNeverWouldHad

In my adolescence, I think I felt very outcast; I felt lonely. I felt great loneliness, and sometimes I wouldn't partake in Christmas, and I would go off and wander in the streets of Melbourne.

Michael Leunig

GreatLonelinessThinkLonelyWander

Think about how our country was built. The greatness came from our diversity; the greatness came from individuals with different perspectives coming together.

Lisa Murkowski

TogetherDiversityGreatnessThink

I think it's always important for academics to study popular culture, even if the thing they are studying is idiotic. If it's successful or made a dent in culture, then it is worthy of study to find out why.

Joss Whedon

CultureThinkFindImportantWhy

A lot of jobs today are being automated; what happens when you extend that concept to very important areas of society like law enforcement? What happens if you start controlling the behavior of criminals or people in general with software-running machines? Those questions, they look like they're sci-fi but they're not.

Jose Padilha

TodayPeopleLawSocietyStartLook

The journey is never ending. There's always gonna be growth, improvement, adversity; you just gotta take it all in and do what's right, continue to grow, continue to live in the moment.

Antonio Brown

GrowthLiveAdversityJourneyMoment

My heart got broken so many times because I put so much pressure on it. And then... I got blindsided.

Ali Larter

HeartBrokenPressureGotBecause

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