Opal Tometi Quotes

The reality is that anti-black racism is a global phenomenon, and it looks different in each context, but if you look at the outcomes, if you listen and look at the experiences, you will see that it's clear, and it's happening across the globe.

Opal Tometi

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I'd be in elementary school all week, and then on the weekend, my mom would take us to Kauai or to the Big Island or to California for a contest. That was really fun.

John John Florence

SchoolFunMomWeekendWeekIsland

Certainly, writing a book was challenging. It took me a long time to learn how to do it. It took me seven years to get a sense of how to wean myself off the process and trickery of songwriting. You realize that giant metaphors work in songs because you have so few words. Standing alone on a page, they threaten to be overblown in a hurry.

Rodney Crowell

WorkAloneTimeMyselfWordsMe

No one can prevent hurricanes, but prosperous communities are much better able to withstand them than poor ones.

Robert Zubrin

BetterPoorAbleThanMuchPrevent

Let's face it: a lot of my material comes from the stuff that happens to me on the road.

Ron White

MeRoadFaceStuffHappensMaterial

I believed that I could go to the Super Bowl and win multiple Super Bowls and do all of those things. I believe in that every day.

Russell Wilson

DayWinBelieveEvery DayGoThings

Nobody but an idiot would pretend that they had an error-proof way of choosing the 'best' out of hundreds of perfectly qualified applicants - not for university or for anything.

Mary Beard

BestIdiotNobodyWayOutAnything

After Mad Season, I started writing my own music for Pearl Jam and brought it in. 'Given To Fly' came out of that, and so did 'Faithful' - those were on 'Yield,' which came after Mad Season.

Mike McCready

MusicWritingFlyMadMy OwnOut

It's really odd to be up close to an icon like Bruce Willis. You're used to seeing him on a screen, 50 feet tall. To think, 'Hmm, I'm taller than you are' is just weird.

Luke Grimes

FeetThinkWeirdYouSeeingTall

Writers are always sort of threatening to direct, and sometimes they do, and sometimes they don't.

Liz Tuccillo

SometimesAlwaysThreateningDirect

We learn more by looking for the answer to a question and not finding it than we do from learning the answer itself.

Lloyd Alexander

LearningLookingLearnFindingMore

Indonesia can hold regular elections, but if the laws do not apply to the most powerful elements in society, then there is no rule of law and no genuine democracy. The country will never become a true democracy until it takes serious steps to end impunity.

Joshua Oppenheimer

LawDemocracySocietyEndPowerful

I don't care what anybody says about Ringo. I cut my rock-n-roll teeth listening to him.

Don Henley

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