Opal Tometi Quotes

The U.S. has long characterized Haitian immigrants as criminals. This tradition began in 1963 when the first boat of Haitians seeking political asylum was summarily rejected by U.S. immigration officials, while at the same time the U.S. admitted thousands of Cubans as refugees and political asylees.

Opal Tometi

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I've always been an athletic guy, but the extent to which I go for 'True Blood' or for 'Magic Mike' is because of the role that I'm playing.

Joe Manganiello

MagicGoBloodTrueAlwaysRole

A good way to take a baby step into the world of animal rights is to make a list of small things you can do to help your issue and work your way up to the big things. Make a promise to do one thing on your list each month.

Jenna Morasca

WorkGoodSmall ThingsAnimalStep

Nobody is going to delegate a lot of power to a secretary that they can't control.

Michael Bloomberg

PowerControlNobodyGoingDelegate

Most people appear to live an unexamined life, cruising through the years without much reflection about what it means, and/or taking what life hands them and believing it's all predestined.

Steve Blank

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Stretching back nearly three decades, Brian Williams and I have forged an enduring friendship. It all began in 1986 at WCAU-TV in Philadelphia and has resulted in a set of noteworthy experiences, amazing successes, and a bunch of trips to NASCAR speedways.

Steve Capus

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The way I made 'Diamonds and Dirt,' which had all those hits in a row, was that I was just making a record. It was just the one that rolled up in my natural process, and it happened to be commercial.

Rodney Crowell

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Many words are not wanting to show that the particular view of each court occasioned the dangers which affected the public tranquillity; yet the whole is charged to my account. Nor is this sufficient.

Robert Walpole

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I really feel like you shouldn't make a movie as a kind of exercise. You have to be all the way in.

Ron Howard

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In a spiritually sensitive culture, then, it might well be that age is something to be admired or envied.

Rowan Williams

AgeCultureSomethingWellSensitive

The uniqueness of the unit was more or less that it was focused on a single individual. It was really the first time the agency had done that sort of effort.

Michael Scheuer

TimeEffortUniquenessDoneFocused

When you're young is the one time when you get to indulge in being morose and take yourself most seriously.

Mitski

TimeYourselfYouYoungSeriously

It was part of being a girl in the '60s that you were creative.

Lorrie Moore

GirlCreativeYouBeingPartWere

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