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Opal Tometi Quotes

The U.S. government has rarely, if ever, used the criminal history of a certain immigrant population in determining if the whole community should be allowed to remain in the country under a humanitarian program, like TPS.

Opal Tometi

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: activist
Nationality: american

Topics

Community History Government Country

Wearing this kind of costume is not something I fantasize about. It's not natural, it's not comfortable. I don't see myself as this. But it gives you dramatic license to do almost anything when you're dressed as a bug.

Joan Severance

Myself You Dressed Kind Comfortable

I want to thank my mum, my daddy, my coach, my teacher, everybody in my life.

Jet Li

Life Teacher My Life Want Coach Mum

Art need no longer be an account of past sensations. It can become the direct organization of more highly evolved sensations. It is a question of producing ourselves, not things that enslave us.

Angela Carter

Art Past Organization Become Need

I don't see myself in an ivory tower.

Jeff Buckley

Myself See Tower Ivory

But I still read Shaw on a regular basis. What I love is the nakedness of the polemic and the irresistible good humour. For me, 'Major Barbara' is the greatest of all the plays in that it starts from the rational and proceeds to the ecstatic in a spectacular way, and leaves you very confused if you cling to Euclidean logic.

Tony Kushner

Love Good Love Is Me Confused Logic

' The Lucky One' is at its heart a romance novel, elevated however by Nicholas Sparks' persuasive storytelling. Readers don't read his books because they're true, but because they ought to be true.

Roger Ebert

Heart Be True True Storytelling

As one gets older, it happens that in the morning one fails to remember the airplane trip to be taken in a few hours or the lecture scheduled for the afternoon.

Rudolf Arnheim

Morning Airplane Remember Afternoon

I want to find my own rhythm and style. That's probably the harder way to approach it, but I think it will pay off in the long run.

Michael Pena

Style Think Long Find Want Run

The world runs on individuals pursuing their self interests. The great achievements of civilization have not come from government bureaus. Einstein didn't construct his theory under order from a, from a bureaucrat. Henry Ford didn't revolutionize the automobile industry that way.

Milton Friedman

Great Government World Self Way

They say that life is tough enough. But I guess I like to make things difficult on myself, because I do that all the time. Every day and on purpose. That's because I believe in disrupting my comfort zone.

Brian Grazer

Life Time Myself Day Purpose Tough

Listening to Chris Moyles on Radio 1 is the most miserable thing any human being can do, but attending awards ceremonies isn't far behind.

Arthur Smith

Listening Awards Human Radio Being

It's a mixed feeling when everything you've ever wanted in making films is coming true, and yet you feel scared because it's happening all at once. Suddenly you're in rooms with people you've looked up to for years, the Judi Denches. You wonder if you're good, if you have what it takes.

Alicia Vikander

Good People Feel You Feeling Wonder