Opal Tometi Quotes

If people take the fight for justice seriously in their own country and with partners and immigrants in their community and folks in the international community, I believe that we will see human rights for all people affirmed.

Opal Tometi

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CommunityJusticeFightPeopleWill

They were without clothes before I got there, and they were without clothes when I left.

Jock Sturges

ClothesWithoutLeftGotBefore

My career suffered massively because I had a reputation for being a very tabloid person.

Sienna Miller

ReputationCareerPersonBeingVery

I had - like a cat with nine lives, I've had so many different careers and tried so many different things.

Ron Ben-Israel

CatThingsDifferentLikeTried

You can't improve what you can't measure, and liberals have resisted any kind of meaningful measurement of success in the classroom for decades. Instead of focusing on the three R's, liberals have thrown up a barrage of silly things designed to distract us all from their awful stewardship of the schools.

Mike Gallagher

SuccessSillyYouMeasureThreeUp

Some days, I'd feel better with Punxsutawney Phil in the Oval Office - at least he doesn't lie about the weather.

Molly Ivins

LieWeatherBetterFeelOfficeDays

My students often say, 'My roommate read this story and really liked it,' and it's hard to convince them that there are things wrong with it. I say, 'Well, people who love you want you to be happy. But I'm your professor and I'm supposed to be teaching you something.'

Joyce Carol Oates

LoveHappyPeopleBe HappyStory

Most pianists listen to about four or five different piano players before they call it quits and say, 'Okay, I've got my thing together.' Herbie Hancock, McCoy Tyner, Bill Evans, Keith Jarrett and maybe Chick Corea. Or maybe before that, Oscar Peterson.

Jason Moran

TogetherSayListenOkayPianoCall

Guys like me on the investor side are a dime a dozen.

Douglas Leone

MeSideDozenLikeDimeGuys

I'm not a competitive person.

Chris Elliott

PersonCompetitiveCompetitive Person

I like to fish. I collect pocketknives. I inherited a nice collection from my father and grandfather.

Chris Stapleton

FatherFishGrandfatherNiceLike

I went to live in Barcelona in 1975, when I was twenty. Even before I went there, I knew more about the Spanish Civil War than I did about the Irish Civil War. I liked Barcelona, and then I grew to like a place in the Catalan Pyrenees called the Pillars, especially an area between the village of Flavors and the high mountains around it.

Colm Toibin

LiveMountainsWarPlaceVillage

While I am willing to compromise on process or on programs, I will not compromise my principles, nor would I expect those I work with to do so.

Brad Schneider

WorkI AmCompromiseProcessWill

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