Opal Tometi Quotes

My parents migrated to Phoenix, AZ, in the '80s, and I watched them work tirelessly to provide for me and my siblings as they encouraged us to pursue our dreams.

Opal Tometi

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WorkDreamsParentsMePhoenixUs

Filming takes a lot out of you. It really does. It's immensely demanding, and you have to put the rest of your life in the icebox until you do your final shot.

John Cleese

LifeRestYouOutFinalYour

The first 10 years of my education were spent at a Catholic school in Springfield, Mass.

Ann Dowd

EducationSchoolFirstYearsMass

It's not so much that I don't like traveling, it's just that I love being home. I love being able to spend time with my friends.

Andy Roddick

LoveHomeTimeFriendsBeingJust

Solidarity was the movement that turned the direction of history, I think.

Jeane Kirkpatrick

HistoryDirectionThinkSolidarity

I believe that technology has the potential to change the fate of nations, industries and companies, as well as the context of our lives. I want to help build the companies that take the risks needed to make those kinds of real changes in the world.

Steve Jurvetson

ChangeTechnologyRisksWorldFate

If you have to lie, cheat, steal, obstruct and bully to get your point across, it must not be a point capable of surviving on its own merits.

Steven Weber

LieYouCapableSurvivingPointOwn

I loved England's gentility and its civility. I'm from the Bronx, with a Bronx accent. I love the beauty of its language, the ways it's spoken. I love the green grass of England and the flowers.

Sid Bernstein

LoveBeautyFlowersGreenLanguage

I dropped out of school; I got fired from my job. Those were my roughest moments, but I always knew through it that I was going to be great.

Tory Lanez

GreatJobSchoolMomentsAlwaysOut

When you read books, you kind of create that whole world in your mind, and you go on a journey with the author of that book. I think that's really a good thing.

Mary Steenburgen

GoodJourneyMindWorldBookThink

I think it eminently proper that a president should retire from active politics, and equally proper that he should be able to live in quiet independence.

Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar II

LivePoliticsThinkIndependenceHe

My son has been the best thing that has happened in my life. He has been amazing, and he is truly heaven-sent. And so, I just feel all that love.

Ciara

LifeLoveSonBestAmazingMy Life

I've owned mopeds in the past.

Brett Dalton

PastIn The PastOwned

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