Opal Tometi Quotes

We know that there are people in our nation, black people, who are systematically being disenfranchised in a number of spheres in our lives.

Opal Tometi

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PeopleBlackKnowNationBeingWho

At home, I make a large batch of tomato sauce and freeze it in meal-size portions in freezer bags.

Joe Bastianich

HomeTomatoSauceFreezeMakeLarge

In love as in sport, the amateur status must be strictly maintained.

Robert Graves

LoveStatusMustAmateurStrictly

I haven't taught since 2004, but I taught high school English for seven years, primarily at a place called Haddonfield Memorial, which is in a very well-to-do-community in Southern New Jersey.

Matthew Quick

SchoolHigh SchoolPlaceNewHigh

If I ask for money, all I get is advice. But if I ask for advice, I end up getting money.

John Quelch

MoneyEndAdviceAskUpGet

A government, for protecting business only, is but a carcass, and soon falls by its own corruption and decay.

Amos Bronson Alcott

BusinessGovernmentCorruptionOwn

I loved Victoria Glendinning's bio of Vita Sackville-West. I also loved Michael Holroyd's immense biography of Lytton Strachey.

Stephen McCauley

LovedBiographyBioVictoriaImmense

We assume that celebrities have it easy and so love to watch them having to endure a bit of hardship.

Shirley Jones

LoveEasyHardshipEndureWatchBit

Back in Australia, I did foster care for sick cats for years, and I was always most successful with the animals when I was given two - a brother and sister.

Jason Gann

CatsBrotherSisterSickCareBack

When you learn a Bruce Springsteen song, it's like learning to ride a bike. You don't forget it.

Clarence Clemons

LearningRideBikeSongLearnYou

We had a couple of minor coups that made a big difference. We snared away from a competitor a correspondent already on the ground in Afghanistan. That was an enormous help to us, because there we were.

Brit Hume

HelpDifferenceAfghanistanGround

The kind of money English clubs have available to spend is unbelievable. They buy everything they can.

Arjen Robben

MoneyKindEverythingBuyEnglish

I may not be the world's best glad-handing politician, but I've been elected mayor twice. I understand politics. And I definitely understand where the state line is.

Anthony A. Williams

BestPoliticsWorldUnderstandLine

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