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Many thought that the abolition of slavery, the end of Jim Crow, and the legislative progress of the Civil Rights Era, among other watershed moments, would have fundamentally done away with the racist structures that have long oppressed black people. However, we know that has been far from the case.

Opal Tometi

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I try to stay away from all the blogs and messages boards.

Joanne Kelly

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I danced for a while, and I knew I could sing, so I just began singing in a praise band at church and doing musical theater and jazz vocal performance in school. One didn't really lead to another; I was just always interested in the performance arts.

Andra Day

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In my generation, we sort of let the art speak for itself. We don't disclose our personal private lives.

Alyson Stoner

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They say people live to be happy. If you actually think about what happiness is, it's nothing much. When you get to eat ramen after feeling really, really hungry, that's happiness.

RM

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I've got little ankles and a bit of a belly, so it makes me look rather an egg on legs.

Johnny Vegas

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I just can't believe all the things I did that decade.

Dick Schaap

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I can't think of an experience I've had with police that I felt was based on race, which is one difference between England and the U.S.

Clare-Hope Ashitey

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I love mythology and folklore, and I respect the time, money, and opportunity that a film gives to an audience. It's a chance to empathize, reflect, and learn, so I really want to understand before I sign onto a project: 'What's the potential of this thing? What are we seeing and learning? What are we empathizing to?'

Brie Larson

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Most scientists will get serious media exposure about twice in their entire career. And they'll get that because they've actually done an experiment that was interesting.

Aubrey de Grey

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We should not be surprised that democracy is imperfect even in Western countries.

Richard Holbrooke

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So many people have said this, but it's true: 95 percent of what I do as a director is casting and getting people who can bear the load of what you're asking them to do and creating this emotionally safe environment.

Lynn Shelton

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No man can reveal to you nothing but that which already lies half-asleep in the dawning of your knowledge.

Khalil Gibran

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