Opal Tometi Quotes

The U.S.' refusal to acknowledge the plight of displaced Haitians and maintaining inhumane practices of neglect, disrespect, and violence amounts to a gross violation of human rights.

Opal Tometi

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DisrespectViolenceHumanRights

I know nothing about letting go.

John Hodgman

Letting GoGoKnowNothingAbout

My daughter is a horseback rider, so I try to watch her ride; we take holidays together.

Michael Douglas

DaughterRideTogetherHolidaysTry

I would never require anyone to read any book. That seems antithetical to why we read - which is to choose a book for our personal reasons. I always shudder when I'm told my books are on required reading lists.

Amy Tan

BookReadingChooseWhyPersonal

From all the available evidence, the body has an excellent immune response to Zika. Therefore, once you get it once, you will never get it again.

Tom Frieden

YouBodyWillNeverEvidenceGet

People wince when something is in bad taste. They laugh when it's funny. If it's too dirty or wrong, they won't laugh. But if it's a big, dirty, smart, funny laugh, they love it.

Michael Patrick King

FunnyLoveSmartPeopleLaughBad

For Christian faith not to be idle in the world, the work of doctors and garbage collectors, business executives and artists, stay-at-home moms or dads and scientists needs to be inserted into God's story with the world. That story needs to provide the most basic rules by which the game in all these spheres is played.

Miroslav Volf

WorkBusinessGodFaithWorldGame

I'm not going to lie; listen, I'm nice at basketball.

Drake

LieBasketballNiceListenGoing

Camp is like this set-apart world where people go to try to change who they are, and yet change is really scary.

Winnie Holzman

ChangePeopleWorldGoTryScary

I'm shy.

Phillip Lim

Shy

Authority is mainly a moral power; therefore, it must first call upon the conscience, that is, upon the duty that each person has to contribute willingly to the common good.

Pope John XXIII

GoodPowerPersonMoralAuthority

With a play, you do it and it's gone. Films always date. Television drama always dates. Television comedy, for some reason, seems to go on.

Penelope Keith

ComedyYouTelevisionDramaPlayGo

I think a good life-work balance is important, and that's even more important in some cases on the space station.

Scott Kelly

GoodBalanceSpaceThinkImportant

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